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A vulnerability was found in SuSE Linux up to 6.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file in.identd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
A default configuration of in.identd in SuSE Linux waits 120 seconds between requests, allowing a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service.
The weakness was disclosed 08/16/1999 by Hendrik Scholz (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0746. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10560 (SuSE Linux in.identd Request Saturation DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8553) and Tenable (10560).
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 10560
Nessus Name: SuSE Linux in.identd Request Saturation DoS
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: suse.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hendrik Scholz
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0746 (🔍)
X-Force: 8553
Vulnerability Center: 27 - DOS in SUSE Identd, Medium
SecurityFocus: 587 - SuSE identd Denial of Service Attack
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/21/2014 19:21Updated: 05/04/2019 17:00
Changes: 06/21/2014 19:21 (65), 05/04/2019 17:00 (6)
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