7575 : Multiple Vendor traceroute Source Address Modification
Printer | http://osvdb.org/7575 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability

Views This Week

3

Views All Time

129

Info

Last Modified

8 months ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Feb 13, 1999

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Feb 13, 1999

Solution

Unknown

Description

The traceroute program on multiple systems contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to forge the source address on packets created and sent out by the program. It is possible that the flaw may allow unprivileged users to spoof packets, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to NetBSD version 1.3.4 or higher, or the appropriate version from your vendor, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by applying the vendor-supplied patch.

Products

NetBSD Foundation, Inc.	NetBSD	1.3.3
NetBSD Foundation, Inc.	NetBSD-current	19990217

Debian

traceroute

Unknown or Unspecified

Red Hat, Inc.

traceroute

Unknown or Unspecified

Slackware Linux, Inc.

traceroute

Unknown or Unspecified

References

CVE ID: 2000-0315 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 6141
Related OSVDB ID: 7574
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA1999-004.txt.asc
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999_1/0686.html

Credit

Alfonso De Gregorio - diraspeedcom.it -

Blogs

Provided by Technorati

None found at this time

Comments

Add Comment Hide Add Comment

No Comments.

User Status

Account
- Login
- Sign-Up

Quick Searches

Advertisements

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.

© Copyright 2008 Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Statement - Terms of Use