IBM AIX 3.2.5/4.1/4.2 SYN Packet denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM AIX 3.2.5/4.1/4.2 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component SYN Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

denial of service when an attacker sends many syn packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ack to complete the connection aka syn flood.

The weakness was released 09/19/1996 as 00136 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0116. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (135) and Exploit-DB (343). Further details are available at patches.sgi.com.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: 00136⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0116 (🔍)
X-Force: 135
Vulnerability Center: 661 - SYN flood - DOS with SYN flooding, Medium
OSVDB: 10182 - TCP/IP SYN Packets Saturation DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:28
Updated: 05/08/2019 07:06
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:28 (62), 05/08/2019 07:06 (5)
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