Symantec Firewall/VPN 100/200/200R UDP Portscan denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Firewall and VPN 100/200/200R. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component UDP Portscan Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-1472. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Symantec Firewall and VPN 100/200/200R (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component UDP Portscan Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliances 100, 200, and 200R running firmware before 1.63 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device freeze) via a fast UDP port scan on the WAN interface.

The bug was discovered 09/22/2004. The weakness was disclosed 09/22/2004 by Mike Sues with Rigel Kent Security & Advisory Services (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sarc.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1472 since 02/13/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at insecure.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 78045 (Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliance Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (SYM04-013)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.symantec.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17469), SecurityFocus (BID 11237†), OSVDB (10204†), Secunia (SA12635†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010588†). The entries VDB-733, VDB-849, VDB-848 and VDB-971 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: ftp.symantec.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: sarc.com
Researcher: Mike Sues
Organization: Rigel Kent Security & Advisory Services
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-1472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-847
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X-Force: 17469 - Symantec Firewall/VPN UDP scan denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11237 - Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliance Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12635 - Symantec Firewall/VPN Products Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 10204 - Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliance UDP Port Scan DoS
SecurityTracker: 1010588

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2004 10:58
Updated: 11/21/2024 14:10
Changes: 09/27/2004 10:58 (80), 06/29/2019 11:29 (4), 11/21/2024 14:10 (19)
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