Apple iPhone and iPod touch ICMP Echo Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35445
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-1683
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 17 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 19 2009 09:29PM
Credit:	Masaki Yoshida
Vulnerable:	Apple iPod Touch 2.2.1 Apple iPod Touch 2.0.2 Apple iPod Touch 2.0.1 Apple iPod Touch 1.1.4 Apple iPod Touch 1.1.3 Apple iPod Touch 1.1.2 Apple iPod Touch 1.1.1 Apple iPod Touch 2.2 Apple iPod Touch 2.1 Apple iPod Touch 2.0 Apple iPod Touch 1.1 Apple iPod Touch 0 Apple iPhone 2.2.1 Apple iPhone 2.0.2 Apple iPhone 2.0.1 Apple iPhone 1.1.4 Apple iPhone 1.1.3 Apple iPhone 1.1.2 Apple iPhone 1.1.1 Apple iPhone 1.0.2 Apple iPhone 1.0.1 Apple iPhone 2.2 Apple iPhone 2.1 Apple iPhone 2.0 Apple iPhone 1.1 Apple iPhone 1 Apple iPhone 0
Not Vulnerable:	Apple iPod Touch 3.0 Apple iPhone 3.0

Apple iPhone and iPod touch ICMP Echo Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple iPhone and iPod touch are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow attackers to reset a vulnerable device.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 35414 (Apple iPhone and iPod touch Prior to Version 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Apple iPhone and iPod touch ICMP Echo Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Apple iPhone and iPod touch ICMP Echo Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for details.

Apple iPhone and iPod touch ICMP Echo Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• About the security content of iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update (Apple)
  
• iPhone Product Page (Apple)
  
• iPod touch Product Page (Apple)