Sun Solaris Can Be Crashed By a Remote User Sending a Flood of ARP Packets
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013179 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1013179
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 15 2005
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): Solaris 7, 8, and 9
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Sun Solaris in the processing of ARP packets. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user on a local network can send a large number of specific ARP packets to cause the target system to hang.
Solaris 7, 8, and 9 are affected.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the kernel to hang.
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Solution:
Sun has issued the following fixes:
SPARC Platform
Solaris 7 with patch 106541-39 or later
Solaris 8 with patch 116965-05 or later
Solaris 9 with patch 114344-09 or later
x86 Platform
Solaris 7 with patch 106542-39 or later
Solaris 8 with patch 116966-05 or later
Solaris 9 with patch 114345-08 or later
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Vendor URL: classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57673 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling error
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Message History:
None.
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