CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1032

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2000-12-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2000-12-11
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The client authentication interface for Check Point Firewall-1 4.0 and earlier generates different error messages for invalid usernames versus invalid passwords, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames on the firewall.

Affected configurations

• checkpoint firewall-1 3.0 • checkpoint firewall-1 4.0

References

http://www.osvdb.org/1632 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/142808 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1890 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5816 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.osvdb.org/1632 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/142808 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1890 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5816 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com