CVE-2002-0990

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0990
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 02:23:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
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
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 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
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

References

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