Sun Solaris UDP Processing Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:12385

Info

Sun Solaris UDP Processing Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12385
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 27 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 27 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Avaya CMS Server 12.0
Avaya CMS Server 11.0
Avaya CMS Server 9.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris UDP Processing Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A local denial of service vulnerability reportedly affects the UDP endpoint handling of Sun Solaris. This issue is due to a failure of the application to handle excessive UDP endpoint activity.

An attacker may leverage this issue to cause the affected kernel to panic, triggering a system-wide denial of service condition.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris UDP Processing Local 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 UDP Processing Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released Sun Alert ID: 57728 along with patches dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. It should be noted that the patch for Solaris 9 on the x86 platform is still pending.

Avaya has released an advisory ASA-2005-033 to identify vulnerable versions of Avaya CMS. Upgrades are planned for the spring of 2005. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

References

Sun Solaris UDP Processing Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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