NetScreen ScreenOS port scan denial of service
| netscreen-screenos-scan-dos (8057) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
NetScreen is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. If a local attacker from within the trusted network performs a port scan on an external system, the attacker could cause the ScreenOS to fail, if a port scanner that fails to release sessions is being used.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For NetScreen-204, 208, and 500:
Upgrade to the latest version of ScreenOS (3.1.0r1 or later), available from the NetScreen Support Web site. See References.
For NetScreen-5:
Upgrade to the latest version of ScreenOS (2.6.1r6 or later), available from the NetScreen Support Web site. See References.
For NetScreen-5XP, 10, 100:
Upgrade to the latest version of ScreenOS (3.0.1r1 or later), available from the NetScreen Support Web site. See References.
For NetScreen-25 and 50:
Upgrade to the latest version of ScreenOS (3.0.0r1 or later), available from the NetScreen Support Web site. See References.
For NetScreen-1000:
Upgrade to the latest version of ScreenOS (2.8.0r1 or later), available from the NetScreen Support Web site. See References.
In addition to upgrading to the latest versions of ScreenOS, NetScreen users should refer to the BugTraq Mailing List posting dated Feb 5 2002 12:35PM for instructions on minimizing the likelihood of being affected by this vulnerability. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 01 2002 - 09:06:49 CST: NetScreen ScreenOS 2.6 Subject to Trust Interface DoS.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 01 2002 - 12:27:11 CST: RE: NetScreen ScreenOS 2.6 Subject to Trust Interface DoS.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Feb 05 2002 - 15:35:20 CST: NetScreen Response to ScreenOS Port Scan DoS Vulnerability.
- NetScreen Support Web site: Support & Services.
- BID-4015: NetScreen ScreenOS Port Scan DoS Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0234: NetScreen ScreenOS before 2.6.1 does not support a maximum number of concurrent sessions for a system, which allows an attacker on the trusted network to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a port scan to an external network, which consumes all available connections.
- OSVDB ID: 4726: NetScreen ScreenOS Port Scan DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.6.4
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.6.6
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.64
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.66
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.7
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.73r1
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 1.73r2
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.0.1
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.0.1r8
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.1
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.5
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.5r1
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.5r2
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.5r6
- Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS 2.6.0
Reported:
Feb 01, 2002
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