CVE-2001-0682 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service by initializing a mutex object, preventing the firewall from starting.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0682?
CVE-2001-0682 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service by running a trojan to initialize a ZoneAlarm mutex object which prevents ZoneAlarm from starting.
Weakness: CWE-667
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0682?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Checkpoint Zonealarm Pro, Zonelabs Zonealarm.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0682?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0682 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-2001-0682 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0682 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24hj-mv6m-7hw4.