Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis ARP packet denial of service
| sun-fire-arp-dos (13850) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an ARP packet to the Network Management Port, a remote attacker could cause the switch firmware to disable all ports temporarily, which would result in packet loss and performance degradation.
Platforms Affected:
- Sun, Fire B1600 Server
Remedy:
Apply the 114783-03 or later patch to your system, as listed in Sun Alert ID: 57430. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 57430, Incoming ARP Packets on the Sun Fire B1600 Management Port May Contribute to Performance Degradation On the Network at http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57430.
- BID-10458: Sun Fire B1600 Network Management Port Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0970: The Network Management Port on Sun Fire B1600 systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via ARP packets, which cause all ports to become temporarily disabled.
Reported:
Nov 24, 2003
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