First published: Fri May 31 2002(Updated: )
The Notify daemon for Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 6.5.x drops large alerts when SNMP is used as the transport, which could prevent some alerts from being sent in the event of an attack.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Symantec Enterprise Firewall | =7.0 | |
Symantec Enterprise Firewall | =6.5.2 |
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CVE-2002-0302 has a moderate severity rating due to its impact on alert notification during security events.
CVE-2002-0302 affects Symantec Enterprise Firewall by causing the Notify daemon to drop large alerts transmitted via SNMP.
CVE-2002-0302 affects Symantec Enterprise Firewall versions 6.5.x and includes 7.0.
If CVE-2002-0302 is exploited, important security alerts may not be sent, hindering the response to an ongoing attack.
Mitigating CVE-2002-0302 may involve configuring alert sizes or upgrading to the latest version of Symantec Enterprise Firewall.