Solaris Ping Vulnerability

BID:209

Info

Solaris Ping Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 209
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 15 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 15 1997 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was originally posted to the Bugtraq mailing list by Adam Caldwell <[email protected]> on Thu, 26 Jun 1997.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _ppc
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.5
Sun Solaris 2.4_x86
Sun Solaris 2.4
Sun Solaris 2.3
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6

Discussion

Solaris Ping Vulnerability

The ping program is used to assess network connectivity between network devices. A denial of service condition exists in the ping program that may cause the system to panic by sending ping requests to a multicast address through the loopback interface. The system will ping itself; however, the incoming queue pointer is not yet initialized when the packet is received. Thus, the system will panic.

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Solaris Ping Vulnerability

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