Microsoft Windows 95/NT 3.51/NT 4.0 TCP SYN Teardrop denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 95/NT 3.51/NT 4.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component TCP SYN Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (Teardrop). 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. CVE summarizes:

teardrop ip denial of service.

The issue has been introduced in 08/24/1995. The weakness was published 12/16/1997 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oval.mitre.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/23/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 845 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10279 (TCP/IP IP Fragment Re-Assembly Remote DoS (teardrop)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service.

Upgrading to version 98 or 2000 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 333.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (338) and Tenable (10279). Similar entry is available at 15116.

Affected

  • HP HP-UX up to 11.00
  • NetBSD up to 1.2.1
  • Sun SunOS up to 4.1.4

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 10279
Nessus Name: TCP/IP IP Fragment Re-Assembly Remote DoS (teardrop)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 98/2000
Suricata ID: 2100270
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Timelineinfo

08/24/1995 🔍
12/16/1997 +845 days 🔍
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06/22/1999 +553 days 🔍
12/17/2002 +1274 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +4201 days 🔍
06/23/2021 +2562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: oval.mitre.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0015 (🔍)
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X-Force: 338
Vulnerability Center: 383 - Multiple Vendor DoS via Teardrop IP Fragmentation Attack, High
SecurityFocus: 124

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

Created: 06/18/2014 17:45
Updated: 06/23/2021 07:15
Changes: 06/18/2014 17:45 (79), 05/03/2019 06:58 (2), 06/23/2021 07:15 (2)
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