Title: Sun Fire/Netra Remote TOS IP Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Sun Fire/Netra products are general-purpose server hardware platforms, which can be used for a variety of applications.
A denial of service vulnerability has been reported to affect Sun Fire and Netra products. The issue is reported to present itself when the affected server handles an IP packet that has certain Type of Service (TOS) Bits set. It is reported that when this occurs the System Controller may hang, thereby effectively denying service to legitimate users.
A remote attacker may exploit this issue to trigger a denial of service in the affected products.
This vulnerability has been reported in Sun Fire 3800/4800/4810/6800 systems as well as Sun Fire V1280 and Netra 1280.
Affected Products:
- Sun Netra 1280
- Sun Sun Fire 3800
- Sun Sun Fire 4800
- Sun Sun Fire 4810
- Sun Sun Fire 6800
- Sun Sun Fire V1280
References:
- Sun: Sun Alert ID: 57544
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