CVE-2002-2150 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by flooding firewall state tables faster than they are cleared, blocking new connections.
- 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-2002-2150?
CVE-2002-2150 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Firewalls from multiple vendors empty state tables more slowly than they are filled, which allows remote attackers to flood state tables with packet flooding attacks such as (1) TCP SYN flood, (2) UDP flood, or (3) Crikey CRC Flood, which causes the firewall to refuse any new connections.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2150?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Netscreen Screenos.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2150?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2150 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-2002-2150 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2150 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gv6-wfqc-jvh9.