Sun Solaris Internet Protocol denial of service

solaris-ip-dos (40473) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the Internet Protocol implementation. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote authenticated attacker could bypass the firewall security policies and cause the system to panic.

Platforms Affected:

  • Sun, Solaris 10 x86
  • Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
  • Sun, Solaris 8 SPARC
  • Sun, Solaris 8 x86
  • Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
  • Sun, Solaris 9 x86

Remedy:

Refer to Sun Alert ID: 200183 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

  • Sun Alert ID: 200183, Security Vulnerability May Allow Firewall Compromise or Creation of Denial of Service (DoS) Condition at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200183-1.
  • BID-27967: Sun Solaris Internet Protocol 'ip(7P)' Security Bypass and Denial Of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-1095: Unspecified vulnerability in the Internet Protocol (IP) implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass intended firewall policies or cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors, possibly related to ICMP packets and IP fragment reassembly.
  • SA29100: Sun Solaris Firewall Security Bypass and Denial of Service
  • SA29379: Avaya CMS Solaris Firewall Security Bypass and Denial of Service
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0645: Sun Solaris Firewall Security Bypass and Denial of Service Issue

Reported:

Feb 08, 2008

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