CVE-2002-0234 affects NetScreen ScreenOS versions prior to 2.6.1, where the firewall fails to limit concurrent sessions. An attacker on the trusted network can exploit this by initiating a port scan to an external network, causing resource exhaustion and a denial of service. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial impact on availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.