SurfControl Filter Bypass Vulnerability

BID:2910

Info

SurfControl Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2910
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 18 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 18 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was submitted to BugTraq on June 18th, 2001 by <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SurfControl SuperScout 3.0.2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
SurfControl SuperScout 3.0.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
SurfControl SuperScout 2.6.1 .6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
SurfControl CyberPatrol 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SurfControl Filter Bypass Vulnerability

SurfControl is a series of products designed to filter out harmful or questionable Internet content.

The filtering mechanism for SurfControl Products is rendered ineffective if the attacker uses a proxy server to access restricted content. This is due to the fact that proxy servers split requests into multiple packets that SurfControl products do not handle properly and therefore cannot filter.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to view unsafe or prohibited content.

Solution / Fix

SurfControl Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

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