ID

VAR-200210-0023


CVE

CVE-2002-1203


TITLE

IBM SecureWay Firewall Service Rejection Vulnerability

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309

DESCRIPTION

IBM SecureWay Firewall before 4.2.2 performs extra processing before determining that a packet is invalid and dropping it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set. A vulnerability has been discovered in IBM SecureWay Firewall for the AIX operating system. To reach a denial of service condition, 2.8Mbps of malicious requests must be sent to the vulnerable firewall. Versions prior to IBM SecureWay Firewall 4.2.2 perform additional processes before judging packets as invalid and discarding them

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sources: NVD: CVE-2002-1203 // BID: 5924 // VULHUB: VHN-5588

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:ibmmodel:secureway firewallscope:eqversion:4.2.1

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vendor:ibmmodel:secureway firewallscope:eqversion:4.2

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vendor:ibmmodel:secureway firewallscope:neversion:4.2.2

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vendor:ibmmodel:secureway firewall dscope:neversion:4.2.1

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sources: BID: 5924 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309 // NVD: CVE-2002-1203

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2002-1203
value: MEDIUM

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CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309
value: MEDIUM

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VULHUB: VHN-5588
value: MEDIUM

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nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2002-1203
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 5.0
vectorString: AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 10.0
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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VULHUB: VHN-5588
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 5.0
vectorString: AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 10.0
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-5588 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309 // NVD: CVE-2002-1203

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:CWE-399

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-5588 // NVD: CVE-2002-1203

THREAT TYPE

remote

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309

TYPE

resource management error

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309

EXTERNAL IDS

db:BIDid:5924

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db:NVDid:CVE-2002-1203

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db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200210-309

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db:BUGTRAQid:20021009 FLOOD ACK PACKETS CAUSE AN IBM SECUREWAY FIREWALL DOS

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db:XFid:10249

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db:SECTRACKid:1005330

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db:VULHUBid:VHN-5588

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-5588 // BID: 5924 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309 // NVD: CVE-2002-1203

REFERENCES

url:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5924

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url:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10249.php

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url:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103417988503398&w=2

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url:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103417988503398&w=2

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url:http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2002/oct/1005330.html

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url:http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q=ir49046&uid=swg185256b4f006cca2486256c31007feaca

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url:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103417988503398&w=2

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-5588 // BID: 5924 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309 // NVD: CVE-2002-1203

CREDITS

Discovery credited to Mauro Flores.

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sources: BID: 5924 // CNNVD: CNNVD-200210-309

SOURCES

db:VULHUBid:VHN-5588
db:BIDid:5924
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200210-309
db:NVDid:CVE-2002-1203

LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-03T22:27:22.680000+00:00


SOURCES UPDATE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-5588date:2016-10-18T00:00:00
db:BIDid:5924date:2009-07-11T18:06:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200210-309date:2009-08-20T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2002-1203date:2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

SOURCES RELEASE DATE

db:VULHUBid:VHN-5588date:2002-10-28T00:00:00
db:BIDid:5924date:2002-10-09T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-200210-309date:2002-10-28T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2002-1203date:2002-10-28T05:00:00