CVE-2001-0692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SMTP proxy in WatchGuard Firebox (2500 and 4500) 4.5 and 4.6 allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall filtering via a base64 MIME encoded email attachment whose boundary name ends in two dashes.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_2500:4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_4500:4.6:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0678	SMTP proxy in WatchGuard Firebox (2500 and 4500) 4.5 and 4.6 allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall filtering via a base64 MIME encoded email attachment whose boundary name ends in two dashes.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00428.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99379787421319&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/189783
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2855
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6682

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Watchguard Firebox 2500 Firebox 4500

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.058Z

Reserved: 2001-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0692

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0692

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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