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SGI IRIX Broadcast Address Checking Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8994
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Release Date:
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2003-06-11
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Popularity:
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6,015 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | SGI IRIX 6.5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2002-0381
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Description:
SGI has confirmed an older vulnerability, which potentially may allow malicious people to bypass firewall filters.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the TCP/IP implementation, since packets are not discarded if their destination IP address is a broadcast address as specified in RFC 1122 section 4.2.3.10. This could potentially make it possible for a malicious person to bypass firewall filters and connect to a service on a system by using the broadcast address.
Solution:
Update to IRIX 6.5.17 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Crist J. Clark
Original Advisory:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030604-01-I
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