Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

BID:12654

Info

Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12654
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-0618
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:56AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Arthur Hagen of Broomstick Net Services.
Vulnerable: Symantec Nexland Pro800turbo Firewall Appliance
Symantec Gateway Security 460R
Symantec Gateway Security 460
Symantec Gateway Security 360R
Symantec Gateway Security 360
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200R
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200
Not Vulnerable: Symantec VelociRaptor 1.5
Symantec Nexland WaveBase Firewall Appliance
Symantec Nexland Pro800 Firewall Appliance
Symantec Nexland Pro400 Firewall Appliance
Symantec Nexland Pro100 Firewall Appliance
Symantec Nexland ISB SOHO Firewall Appliance
Symantec Gateway Security 5400 2.0
Symantec Gateway Security 5300 1.0
Symantec Gateway Security 420 0
Symantec Gateway Security 320
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 8.0 Solaris
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 8.0 NT/2000
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0.4 Solaris
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0.4 NT/2000
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0 Solaris
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0 NT/2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 alpha
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0

Discussion

Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

Symantec Gateway Security is reported prone to a vulnerability that may result in the leakage of potentially sensitive SMTP data.

It is reported that this issue manifests when an affected appliance is configured to load-balance two WAN network connections and SMTP binding is configured for a single WAN interface.

This may result in SMTP data leakage in deployments where one WAN interface is trusted and the other is not. SMTP traffic bound to the trusted WAN interface is load-balanced onto the untrusted WAN.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

Solution:
Symantec recommends that customers using SMTP binding in load-balanced configurations apply the appropriate firmware update for their affected product models/versions to protect against this issue.

This issue is addressed in the following releases:
Build 1.68: Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance models 200 and 200R
Build 858: Symantec Gateway Security Appliance models 360 and 360R
Build 1.6X: Nexland Pro800turbo

References

Symantec Gateway Security SMTP Data Leak Vulnerability

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