CVE-2001-0592 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Watchguard Firebox II devices running firmware versions prior to 4.6. A remote attacker can trigger this by sending a large stream of malformed ICMP or TCP packets, causing the kernel to crash. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available, though it has received some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox_ii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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