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CVE-2002-0990

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-10-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Symantec Enterprise FirewallSymantec Raptor FirewallSymantec VelociraptorSymantec Gateway Security

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References