Sun Solaris Internet Protocol denial of service
| solaris-ip-dos (40473) |  Medium 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 200183 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 200183: Security Vulnerability May Allow Firewall Compromise or Creation of Denial of Service (DoS) Condition.
- 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.
- OSVDB ID: 42155: Solaris ip(7P) Crafted Packets Firewall Security Policy Bypass
- OSVDB ID: 42156: Solaris ip(7P) Crafted Packets Remote DoS
- 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
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
Reported:
Feb 08, 2008
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