NSSI Technologies Inc Research Labs Security Advisory 

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ZoneAlarm Pro 3.1 and 3.0 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Author: Abraham Lincoln Hao / SunNinja

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Advisory Code: NSSI-2002-zonealarm3 

Tested: Under Win2k Advance Server with SP3 / WinNT 4.0 with SP6a / Win2K Professional 
/ WinNT 4.0 workstation 

Vendor Status:  Zone Labs is already contacted 1 month ago and they informed me that 
they going to release an update or new version to patched the problem. This 
vulnerability is confirmed by the vendor.

Vendors website: http://www.zonelabs.com

Severity: High

Overview:

     New ZoneAlarm� Pro delivers twice the security�Zone Labs� award-winning, personal 
firewall trusted by millions, plus advanced privacy features. the award-winning PC 
firewall that blocks intrusion attempts and protects against Internet-borne threats 
like worms, Trojan horses, and spyware.   

 ZoneAlarm Pro 3.1 and 3.0  doubles your protection with enhanced Ad Blocking and 
expanded Cookie Control to speed up your Internet experience and stop Web site spying. 
Get protected. Compatible with Microsoft� Windows� 98/Me/NT/2000 and XP.    

    ZoneAlarm Pro 3.1.291 and 3.0  contains vulnerability that would let the attacker 
consume all your CPU and Memory usage that would result to Denial of Service Attack 
through sending  multiple syn packets / synflooding.  

Details:

    Zone-Labs ZoneAlarm Pro 3.1.291 and 3.0 contains a vulnerability that would let 
the attacker consume all your CPU and Memory usage that would result to Denial of 
Service Attack through Synflooding that would cause the machine to stop from 
responding. Zone-Labs ZoneAlarm Pro 3.1.291 and 3.0 is also vulnerable with IP 
Spoofing. This Vulnerabilities are confirmed from the vendor.

Test diagram:

   [*Nix b0x with IP Spoofing scanner / Flooder] <===[10/100mbps switch===> [Host with 
ZoneAlarm] 

 1] Tested under default install of the 2 versions after sending minimum of 300 Syn 
Packets to port 1-1024 the machine will hang-up until the attack stopped.

2] We configured the ZoneAlarm firewall both version to BLOCK ALL traffic setting 
after sending a minimum of 300 Syn Packets to port  1-1024 the machine will hang-up 
until the attack stopped. 

Workaround:

    Disable ZoneAlarm and Hardened TCP/IP stack of your windows and Install latest 
Security patch.

Note: To people who's having problem reproducing the vulnerability let me know :)

Any Questions? Suggestions? or Comments? let us know. 

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greetings:
   nssilabs team, especially to b45h3r and rj45, Most skilled and pioneers of NSSI 
good luck!. ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]),  Lawless the saint ;), dig0, 
p1x3l, dc and most of all to my Lorie.  
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