Lucent Ascend Router Discard Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Lucent Ascend Router. This affects an unknown part of the component Discard Service. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0060. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lucent Ascend Router (Router Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Discard Service. 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:

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Ascend MAX and Pipeline routers with a malformed packet to the discard port, which is used by the Java Configurator tool.

The weakness was presented 03/16/1998 with Secure Networks Inc.. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0060. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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 10019 (Ascend MAX / Pipeline Router Discard Port Malformed Packet DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service, running in the context r and relying on port 9.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 281.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (889), Exploit-DB (19554), Tenable (10019), SecurityFocus (BID 714†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-202†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10019
Nessus Name: Ascend MAX / Pipeline Router Discard Port Malformed Packet DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 281
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER Ascend Route
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Suricata ID: 2100281
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Sourcesinfo

Organization: Secure Networks Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0060 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14093
X-Force: 889
SecurityFocus: 714 - Ascend MAX UDP Port 9 Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 202 - Ascend MAX and Pipeline routers Java Configurator DOS, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 00:12
Updated: 04/17/2026 10:04
Changes: 06/19/2014 00:12 (69), 05/05/2019 15:02 (7), 08/15/2024 18:21 (17), 04/17/2026 10:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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