TI-2002-01698 Aliases CVE-2002-1779 GHSA-2h97-526w-g59p

The "block fragmented IP Packets" option in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 (NPW)…

LOW 36Published 2005-06-21 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The "block fragmented IP Packets" option in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 (NPW) does not properly protect against certain attacks on Windows vulnerabilities such as jolt2 (CVE-2000-0305).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01349 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2002:::::::*	2002	Vulnerable	Symantec

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_personal_firewall:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2002 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1779
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h97-526w-g59p

References

Advisory 1

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.05.16.html

TI-2007-01626 Buffer overflow in the ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control in ISLALERT.DLL for Norton Personal… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2004-00401 Multiple vulnerabilities in SYMDNS.SYS for Symantec Norton Internet Security and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2007-00434 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-03589 The Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2002-00641 Buffer overflow in HTTP Proxy for Symantec Norton Personal Internet Firewall 3.0.4.91 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2002-01697 Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2002 allows remote attackers to bypass the portscan… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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