Title: Compaq TruCluster Port Scan Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
TruCluster is a server high-availability software package distributed and maintained by Compaq.
A problem has been discovered that could allow a denial of service to users of the TruCluster package. The problem is in the handling of portscans by the software.
When a system is portscanned from a system without a DNS PTR record in DNS, the cluster develops split-brain. Split-brain is a condition that results from another server in the cluster being started to take over the operations of a failed server while there's still another system running.
This can result in corrupted or destroyed data, denial of service, and even hardware damage.
Affected Products:
- Compaq TruCluster 1.5.0
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