DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

BID:1071

Info

DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

Bugtraq ID: 1071
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 16 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 16 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on March 16, 2000 by The Unicorn <[email protected]>
Vulnerable: Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.20U05
Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.20U04
Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.11MU06
Data General DG/UX 5.4 R3.10
Not Vulnerable: Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.20MU04B2

Discussion

DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

A Denial of service (DoS) attack is possible with the default version of inetd distributed with Data General's DG/UX operating system. By performing a scan utilizing nmap's OS detection option (-O), the inetd daemon is put in a state where it will no longer spawn new services without being restarted.

Exploit / POC

DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

nmap -O -p 21 <target>
or
nmap -v -O -sS -p1-1023 <target>

Solution / Fix

DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

Solution:
Patches are available from Data General


Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.20U05
  • Data General tcpip_R4.2-MU04.p11


Data General DG/UX 5.4 R4.20U04
  • Data General tcpip_R4.2-MU04.p11

References

DG/UX inetd Service Exhaustion Denial of Service

References:
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