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CVE-2002-0234
NetScreen ScreenOS before 2.6.1 does not support a maximum number of concurrent sessions for a system, which allows an attacker on the…
Low2.1EPSS 0.35%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20020201 RE: NetScreen ScreenOS 2.6 Subject to Trust Interface DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020201 NetScreen ScreenOS 2.6 Subject to Trust Interface DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020205 NetScreen Response to ScreenOS Port Scan DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- netscreen-screenos-scan-dos(8057) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .