Sun Solaris Network Interface Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:6147

Info

Sun Solaris Network Interface Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6147
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 08 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 08 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was reported in a Sun Alert.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6

Discussion

Sun Solaris Network Interface Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun has reported a denial of service vulnerability in Solaris 8/9.

It has been reported that it is possible for an unprivileged local or remote attacker to cause some network interfaces to stop responding to TCP traffic.

Further details about the nature of this vulnerability are not known at this time.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Network Interface 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 Network Interface Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released fixes:


Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

References

Sun Solaris Network Interface Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

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