Description
The 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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2002-0979 | The 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:12:16.897Z
Reserved: 2002-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-0990
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-10-28T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-0990
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD