Sun.Solaris.ICMP.DoS
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris 10.
Sun Solaris 10 on SPARC systems or x86 systems is vulnerable to a remote denial of service. This is due to an error in the handling of ICMP echo request packets. As a result a malicious remote user can cause a kernel panic.
Affected Products
Solaris 10 before 20070130
Nortel Networks Passport Multiservice Data Manager (MDM)
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Impact
Denial of Service: remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Apply patch 118833-28 for Solaris 10 on SPARC systems, or patch 118855-28 for Solaris 10 on x86 systems or at least filter ICMP traffic.
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
Date | Version | Detail |
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2021-01-11 | 16.995 |