Sun Solaris ARP Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:12553

Info

Sun Solaris ARP Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12553
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 14 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 14 2005 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: 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 ARP Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The issue is reported to exist because the platform fails to gracefully handle a flood of ARP packets.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to deny service to legitimate users of a target Sun Solaris computer.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris ARP Handling Remote 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 ARP Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an alert and updates to address this issue:


Sun Solaris 7.0_x86

Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 7.0

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

References

Sun Solaris ARP Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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