CVE-2004-1472 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can freeze Symantec firewall appliances by performing a fast UDP port scan on the WAN interface, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1472?

CVE-2004-1472 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Symantec Enterprise Firewall/VPN Appliances 100, 200, and 200R running firmware before 1.63 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device freeze) via a fast UDP port scan on the WAN interface.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1472?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Symantec Firewall Vpn Appliance 100, Symantec Firewall Vpn Appliance 200, Symantec Firewall Vpn Appliance 200r, Symantec Gateway Security, Symantec Nexland Isb Soho Firewall Appliance, Symantec Nexland Pro100 Firewall Appliance and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-1472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5hg6-hhf7-ccgr.

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