Sun.Solaris.DHCP.Malformed.BOOTP.Packet.DoS

Release Date Jun 10, 2010
Severity medium
Impact Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a denial-of-service vulnerability in Sun Solaris. The vulnerability is caused by an error when the DHCP server daemon handles malicious DHCP requests. It allows a remote attacker to crash the application via sending a crafted DHCP request packet.
Affected Products Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 10 Sun OpenSolaris builds snv_01 through snv_102
Recommended Actions Refer to the vendor's web site for the suggested workaround: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109077-21-1
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2008-5010
Reference/s http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32213 (BugTraq)

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