PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:3847

Info

PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3847
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0116
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 10 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by Jason Lutz via Bugtraq on January 10, 2002.
Vulnerable: Palm Palm OS 3.5 h
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

PalmOS is the commercial handheld software maintained and distributed by Palm. It is available for Personal Desktop Assistants (PDAs) manufactured by various vendors.

Some network-accessible PDAs become unstable when receiving a large amount of TCP connect() requests. Under some circumstances, when a PDA receives a large amount of connect() requests via some vector such as a TCP scan, the device becomes unstable. Often, this results in a crash, and requires resetting the device to resume normal operation. This problem is known to affect Handspring PDAs using PalmOS 3.5h and Xircom wireless ethernet adapters, as well as some Palm Vx PDAs.

Exploit / POC

PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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

PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

References

PalmOS TCP Scan Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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