Red Hat Linux up to 8.2 IGMP Membership Report denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Linux up to 8.2 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IGMP Membership Report Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-2185. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Linux up to 8.2 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component IGMP Membership Report 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:

The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows local users to cause a denial of service via an IGMP membership report to a target s Ethernet address instead of the Multicast group address, which causes the target to stop sending reports to the router and effectively disconnect the group from the network.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2002. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-2185 since 11/16/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 200 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20855 (RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0191)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117771 (CentOS Security Update for Kernel (CESA-2006:0140)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9436), Tenable (20855), SecurityFocus (BID 5020†), OSVDB (22509†) and Secunia (SA18510†). The entries VDB-1833, VDB-1879, VDB-1997 and VDB-19606 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 20855
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0191)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/14/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +200 days 🔍
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11/16/2005 +1051 days 🔍
01/01/2006 +46 days 🔍
01/17/2006 +16 days 🔍
02/01/2006 +15 days 🔍
02/05/2006 +4 days 🔍
02/14/2006 +9 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3095 days 🔍
06/14/2019 +1773 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19827

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X-Force: 9436
SecurityFocus: 5020 - Multiple Vendor Spoofed IGMP Report Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18510 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22509 - CVE-2002-2185 - IGMP - Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 10325 - IGMP Local Denial of Service, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 12:25
Updated: 06/14/2019 07:37
Changes: 08/06/2014 12:25 (74), 06/14/2019 07:37 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:B3D:103

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