CVE-2002-2161 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) versions 2.1.4 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a SYN packet flood, causing the firewall to hang and consume excessive CPU resources. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kerio:personal_firewall:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kerio:personal_firewall:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kerio:personal_firewall:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kerio:personal_firewall:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kerio:personal_firewall:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.