CVE-2002-2150

2005-11-1621:17:00

mitre

www.cve.org

firewalls

state tables

packet flooding

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.6%

JSON

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.

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/10449.php

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/539363

www.securityfocus.com/bid/6023