CVE-2002-0990

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0990
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe web proxy component in Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 6.5.2 through 7.0, Raptor Firewall 6.5 and 6.5.3, VelociRaptor, and Symantec Gateway Security allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection resource exhaustion) via multiple connection requests to domains whose DNS server is unresponsive or does not exist, which generates a long timeout.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Enterprise Firewall 6.5.2 All windows_2000_nt All
Application Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0 All solaris All
Application Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0 All windows_2000_nt All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5110 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5200 All All All
Hardware Symantec Gateway Security 5300 All All All
Application Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5 All windows_nt All
Application Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5.3 All solaris All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 1000 All All All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 1100 All All All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 1200 All All All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 1300 All All All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 500 All All All
Application Symantec Velociraptor 700 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Multiple Symantec Firewall Secure Webserver timeout DoS' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: simple-webserver-url-dos (10364): Simple, secure webserver malformed URL denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
Multiple Symantec HTTP Proxy Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Symantec Security Response Advisory - Symantec Firewall Secure Webserver timeout DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityresponse.symantec.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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