Sun.Solaris.ICMP.DoS

description-logoDescription

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-logoAffected Products

Solaris 10 before 20070130
Nortel Networks Passport Multiservice Data Manager (MDM)
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service: remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.

recomended-action-logoRecommended 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 logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2021-01-11 16.995