CVE-2001-0940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long user name.

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 8.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:checkpoint:firewall-1:4.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0923	Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long user name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08459.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2001-q3/0151.html
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00291.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100094268017271&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100698954308436&w=2
http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/buffer_overflow.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3336
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7145

History

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Subscriptions

Checkpoint Firewall-1

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.992Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0940

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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