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Checkpoint Firewall-1 UDP denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Flood the target with incorrect UDP packets Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The machine (or a router on the way) crashed when it was flooded by incorrect UDP packets. This attack was known to work against Firewall-1 3.0, 4.0 or 4.1 A possible hacker may use this flaw to shut down this server, thus preventing you from working properly. Solution : if this is a FW-1, enable the antispoofing rule otherwise, contact your software vendor for a patch. Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 1419 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi

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