Description
IBM SecureWay Firewall before 4.2.2 performs extra processing before determining that a packet is invalid and dropping it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed TCP packets without any flags set.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103417988503398&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10249.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5924
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103417988503398&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10249.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5924
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 28, 2002
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified