PT-1997-1238 · Sun · Sun Solaris

Published 1997-06-26 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-1999-1423

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Solaris versions 2.3 through 2.6

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by sending a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface. This can be achieved, for example, via the command ping -i.

Recommendations For Sun Solaris versions 2.3 through 2.6, consider restricting access to the ping command or limiting its use to prevent potential denial of service attacks until a fix is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1423

Affected Products

Sun Solaris

References · 9

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/209 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19161 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1423 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/146 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319171&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319180&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319181&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319160&w=2 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7492.php · Note