vendor:
TCP/IP Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial-of-Service
399
CWE
Product Name: TCP/IP Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CAN-2004-0790, CAN-2004-0791, CAN-2004-1060
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac
2004
Multiple vendor implementations of TCP/IP Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities
Multiple vendor implementations of TCP/IP Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) are reported prone to several denial-of-service attacks. ICMP is employed by network nodes to determine certain automatic actions to take based on network failures reported by an ICMP message. Reportedly, the RFC doesn't recommend security checks for ICMP error messages. As long as an ICMP message contains a valid source and destination IP address and port pair, it will be accepted for an associated connection. The following individual attacks are reported: A blind connection-reset attack, an ICMP Source Quench attack, and an attack against ICMP PMTUD. Microsoft platforms are also reported prone to these issues.
Mitigation:
Implement security checks for ICMP error messages, and configure systems to not accept ICMP messages from untrusted sources.