Denial of Service Vulnerability in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 via Ping Request to Multicast Address

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 via Ping Request to Multicast Address

CVE-1999-1423 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface, e.g. via ping -i.

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