Broadcast.ICMP.Message

description-logoDescription

ICMP messages to broadcast addresses may allow a Smurf attack that can cause a denial of service.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

− Digital, UNIX, Version 4.0D
− Digital, UNIX, Version 4.0C
− Digital, UNIX, Version 4.0B
− Digital, UNIX, Version 4.0A
− Digital, UNIX, Version 4.0
− Digital, UNIX, Version 3.2G
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.2.4
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.2.3
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.2.2
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.1.7.1
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.1.6
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.1.5
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.1
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 2.0.5
− FreeBSD, FreeBSD, Version 1.1.5.1
− HP, HP-UX, Version 11.0
− HP, HP-UX, Version 10.20
− IBM, AIX, Version 3.2.5
− IBM, AIX, Version 3.2.4
− IBM, AIX, Version 3.2
− IBM, AIX, Version 3.1
− Linux, Kernel, Version 2.1
− Linux, Kernel, Version 2.0
− NetBSD, NetBSD, Version 1.2
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.6, X86 Edition
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.6
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.5.1, X86 Edition
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.5.1, Ppc Edition
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.5.1
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.5, X86 Edition
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.5
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.4, X86 Edition
− Sun, Solaris, Version 2.4

Impact logoImpact

Denial of service.

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Telemetry logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)