Sun Solaris in.iked(1M) denial of service

solaris-iniked-dos (34576) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the in.iked(1M) service's libike library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the in.iked(1M) service and disable IPSec-protected network traffic.

Platforms Affected:

  • Avaya, Call Management System 12
  • Avaya, Call Management System 13
  • Avaya, Call Management System 13.1
  • Avaya, Call Management System 14
  • Avaya, Interactive Response
  • Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
  • Sun, Solaris 9 x86

Remedy:

Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102745 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Avaya (in.iked):
Refer to ASA-2007-227 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

  • Sun Alert ID: 102745, A Security Vulnerability in the in.iked(1M) Service May Lead To a Denial of Service (DoS) at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102745-1.
  • ASA-2007-227: A Security Vulnerability in the in.iked(1M) Service May Lead To a Denial of Service (DoS) (Sun 102745)
  • BID-24209: Sun Solaris IKED(1M) Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-2989: The libike library in Sun Solaris 9 before 20070529 contains a logic error related to a certain pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in.iked daemon crash) by sending certain UDP packets with a source port different from 500. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2006-2298.
  • SA25465: Sun Solaris "in.iked" Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • SA25661: Avaya CMS Sun Solaris "in.iked" Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • SECTRACK ID: 1018134: Solaris in.iked Can Be Crashed By Remote Users
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-1982: Sun Solaris in.iked Unspecified Packets Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-2188: Avaya Multiple Product Solaris in.iked Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Reported:

May 29, 2007

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