Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:10911

Info

Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10911
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 10 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 10 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was disclosed by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris xdm(1) daemon is reported prone to an unspecified denial of service vulnerability handling malformed XDMCP UDP packets.

UDP packets to port 177 of affected computers running a vulnerable instance of xdm(1) are reportedly capable of crashing xdm(1). The cause of this crash is unspecified. IP based access controls for xdm(1) are reportedly unable to block attackers from exploiting this vulnerability.

This BID will be updated as further information is disclosed.

Solaris 7, 8, and 9 for both SPARC, and x86 platforms are reported vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released an updated alert (57619) and patches addressing this issue for Solaris 8 and 9. Solaris 7 does not have a fix.


Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

References

Sun Solaris XDMCP Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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