CVE-2002-1547 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 1 Sep 2004 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Netscreen ScreenOS devices by sending malformed SSH packets to the management interface.

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-2002-1547?

CVE-2002-1547 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Netscreen running ScreenOS 4.0.0r6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed SSH packet to the Secure Command Shell (SCS) management interface, as demonstrated via certain CRC32 exploits, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0144.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1547?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Netscreen Screenos.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1547?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1547 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-2002-1547 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1547 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8262-f9hh-4786.