Vigil@nce - ScreenOS: denial of service via SSL/TLS
June 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious SSL/TLS packet to ScreenOS, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: NetScreen Firewall, ScreenOS.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 14/04/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The ScreenOS product has a service to manage received SSL/TLS
packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious SSL/TLS packet to
ScreenOS, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ScreenOS-denial-of-service-via-SSL-TLS-19377