Sygate Personal Firewall IP spoofing could be used to bypass the firewall
| sygate-firewall-ip-spoofing (10108) |  High Risk |
Description:
Sygate Personal Firewall could allow a remote attacker to bypass the firewall. A remote attacker could bypass the firewall and launch undetected attacks against a vulnerable host by using a spoofed source IP address of 127.0.0.1 or 127.0.0.0.
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec, Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- NSSI-Research Labs Security Advisory NSSI-2002-sygatepfw5 , Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0 IP Spoofing Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0114.html.
- Sygate Web site, Sygate Personal Firewall at http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm.
- CVE-2002-2397: Sygate personal firewall 5.0 could allow remote attackers to bypass firewall filters via spoofed (1) source IP address of 127.0.0.1 or (2) network address of 127.0.0.0.
Reported:
Sep 16, 2002
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