CVE-2000-0582 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Check Point FireWall-1 by sending invalid commands to the SMTP Security Server proxy.
- 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-2000-0582?
CVE-2000-0582 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Check Point FireWall-1 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a stream of invalid commands (such as binary zeros) to the SMTP Security Server proxy.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0582?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Checkpoint Firewall-1.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0582?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0582 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-2000-0582 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0582 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pvc7-5x99-c9mm.