PT-1998-1173 · Check Point · Check Point Firewall-1

Published 1998-05-11 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1204

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Check Point Firewall-1 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from improper handling of certain restricted keywords, such as Mail, auth, and time, in user-defined objects. This could lead to the creation of a rule with a default "ANY" address, resulting in unintended access to more systems than planned by the administrator.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1204

Affected Products

Check Point Firewall-1

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1204 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/4416 · Note
• http://checkpoint.com/techsupport/config/keywords.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925912&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7293 · Note