Vigil@nce - ScreenOS: denial of service via SSL
April 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious SSL packet to ScreenOS, in order
to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: NetScreen Firewall, ScreenOS
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 14/04/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The ScreenOS product offers an administration web service using
SSL.
However, an attacker can send a malformed SSL packet, in order to
reboot the firewall. Technical details are unknown.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious SSL packet to ScreenOS,
in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ScreenOS-denial-of-service-via-SSL-14586