CVE-2008-5849

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5849
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-06 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCheck Point VPN-1 R55, R65, and other versions, when Port Address Translation (PAT) is used, allows remote attackers to discover intranet IP addresses via a packet with a small TTL, which triggers an ICMP_TIMXCEED_INTRANS (aka ICMP time exceeded in-transit) response containing an encapsulated IP packet with an intranet address, as demonstrated by a TCP packet to the firewall management server on port 18264.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Checkpoint Vpn-1 r55 All All All
Application Checkpoint Vpn-1 r65 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Portcullis - Checkpoint VPN-1 PAT information disclosure. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.portcullis-security.com
Checkpoint VPN-1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
svn.wald.intevation.org/svn/openvas/trunk/openvas-plugins/scripts/checkpoint-vpn1-pat... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.wald.intevation.org Exploit
Check Point VPN-1 Port Address Translation Information Disclosure Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Check Point response to "VPN-1 PAT information disclosure" vulnerability (CVE-2008-5849) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 supportcenter.checkpoint.com
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