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.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/549
http://www.osvdb.org/1027
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 1999-07-29
Updated: 2024-11-20
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High