CVE-2002-0234

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Published May 3, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0231	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.354% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101258281818524&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101258887105690&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/254268
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8057.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4015

History

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Subscriptions

Juniper Netscreen Screenos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 3, 2002, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved: May 1, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 29, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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