CVE-1999-0770

N/A Unknown

Published: July 29, 1999 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin with ACK or other packets except SYN, allowing an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of connection attempts to unresponsive systems.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/1027

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/549

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/1027

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/549

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

70th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

checkpoint