CVE-1999-0770 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service against Firewall-1 by sending numerous connection attempts to unresponsive systems, exploiting long timeouts for non-SYN packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0770?
CVE-1999-0770 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin with ACK or other packets except SYN, allowing an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of connection attempts to unresponsive systems.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0770?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Checkpoint Firewall-1.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0770?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-0770 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0770 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmfr-w36g-hm8h.