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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-0990 · published 28 October 2002

CVE-2002-0990: Symantec enterprise firewall vulnerability

Symantec · Enterprise Firewall

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 24.1%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103463869503124&w=2
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.10.11.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10364.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5958
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103463869503124&w=2
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.10.11.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10364.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5958

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-0990), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.