VDB-7053 · BID 56751 · SA51441

McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2 Secure Web Delivery Client denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Secure Web Delivery Client. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Secure Web Delivery Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was presented 11/30/2012 by R. Gruskovnjak with Portcullis Security (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.0.2) eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MEG-7.0h812250-2301.116 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 56751†), OSVDB (88004†), Secunia (SA51441†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027823†). See VDB-7052 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Upgrade: Gateway 7.0.2)
Patch: MEG-7.0h812250-2301.116

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: R. Gruskovnjak
Organization: Portcullis Security
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7053
SecurityFocus: 56751
Secunia: 51441 - McAfee Email Gateway Security Bypass Security Issue and Script Insertion Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 88004
SecurityTracker: 1027823

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2012 15:27
Updated: 05/02/2018 09:09
Changes: 12/03/2012 15:27 (57), 05/02/2018 09:09 (1)
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Committer: roga
Cache ID: 216::103

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