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CVE-2001-0682

5.5 · MEDIUM

ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service by running a trojan to initialize a ZoneAlarm mutex object which prevents ZoneAlarm from starting.

Published Aug 29, 2001checkpointCWE-667EPSS 0.21%

Overview

CVE-2001-0682 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting checkpoint zonealarm_pro. It was published on August 29, 2001 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service by running a trojan to initialize a ZoneAlarm mutex object which prevents ZoneAlarm from starting.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from checkpoint. Update zonealarm_pro to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
checkpointzonealarm_pro2.6Affected

References

Refmarc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=97818917222992&w=2Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5821Refmarc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=97818917222992&w=2Refexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5821

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-0682?

CVE-2001-0682 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting checkpoint zonealarm_pro. It was published on August 29, 2001 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2001-0682?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2001-0682?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from checkpoint. Update zonealarm_pro to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2001-0682?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2001-0682 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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