HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3673

Check Point vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Check Point products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain crafted IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1. NOTE: due to the lack of details in the advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.
Affected vendor
Checkpoint
Affected product
Check Point
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2005-11-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3673

  • Confirm whether Checkpoint Check Point is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3673.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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