VDB-15925 · CVE-2000-0783 · XFDB 5098

WatchGuard Firebox Ii Authentication Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WatchGuard Firebox Ii. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Authentication Service. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2000-0783. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WatchGuard Firebox Ii and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Authentication Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Watchguard Firebox II allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed URL to the authentication service on port 4100.

The weakness was published 10/20/2000 with VIGILANTe (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0783. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Proper firewalling of 4100 is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5098) and SecurityFocus (BID 1573†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

WatchGuard

Name

Firebox

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

08/15/2000 🔍
10/20/2000 +66 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +4998 days 🔍
05/27/2018 +1430 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Organization: VIGILANTe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0783 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0783
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15925
X-Force: 5098 - Firebox II malformed URL to port 4100 denial of service
SecurityFocus: 1573 - Watchguard Firebox II Port 4100 DoS Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 17:46
Updated: 05/27/2018 12:16
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:46 (49), 05/27/2018 12:16 (6)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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