Sun Solaris IP packet denial of service
| solaris-ip-packet-dos (33597) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially-crafted IP packets, a remote attacker could cause an increase in CPU usage.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102866 for patch information. See References.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102866: Security Vulnerability in the IP Implementation for Solaris 8 and 9 May Allow a Denial of Service.
- ASA-2007-165: Security Vulnerability in the IP Implementation for Solaris 8 and 9 May Allow a Denial of Service (Sun 102866)
- BID-23468: Sun Solaris IP Implementation Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2045: Unspecified vulnerability in the IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted IP packets, probably related to fragmented packets with duplicate or missing fragments.
- OSVDB ID: 34901: Solaris Crafted IP Packet Remote DoS
- SA24857: Sun Solaris IP Packet Denial of Service
- SA24987: Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris IP Packet Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017911: Solaris IP Stack Fragment Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Degrade Performance
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1375: Sun Solaris IP Packets Processing Unspecified Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Sun Solaris 8 x86
- Sun Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 9 x86
- Sun Solaris 9 SPARC
Reported:
Apr 12, 2007
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