Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) ICMP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	54627
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 20 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 20 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	st3n
Vulnerable:	Daniel Stødle Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) 0.72
Not Vulnerable:

Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) ICMP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the affected application to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

ptunnel 0.72 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsq24002

Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) ICMP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, attackers can use readily available network utilities.

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/54627.py

Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) ICMP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of any more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Ping Tunnel (ptunnel) ICMP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Ping Tunnel Homepage (Daniel Stødle)