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.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WRITEUP
VERIFIED
by Lance Spitzner · textdoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19436
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/1027
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/549
Scores
EPSS
0.0062
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
checkpoint/firewall-1
3.0
checkpoint/firewall-1
4.0
Published
Jul 29, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026