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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0356 -- Sun Alert Notification 57746
Sun TCP Connections May Experience Performance Degradation
If Certain ICMP Error Messages Are Received
3 May 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Solaris
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 10
Solaris 9
Solaris 8
Solaris 7
Impact: Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0791 CAN-2004-0790
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57746-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 57746
* Synopsis: Sun TCP Connections May Experience Performance
Degradation If Certain ICMP Error Messages Are Received
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris
* BugIDs: 5084452
* Avoidance: None
* State: Committed
* Date Released: 12-Apr-2005
* Date Closed:
* Date Modified:
1. Impact
This Sun Alert describes the Sun specific impact of the issues described
in the Internet-Draft (I-D) titled "ICMP attacks against TCP" written by
Fernando Gont. The I-D describes how TCP(7P) connections could be reset
and disconnected as a result of ICMP(7P) error messages. Solaris will not
drop established TCP connections based on ICMP errors. There is a
theoretical possibility that a TCP connection which is in the process of
being set up could be terminated before being established. However, there
is no risk of data corruption or compromise in this scenario.
The draft also describes ICMP messages which could impact the performance
of existing TCP connections. This issue affects all current versions of
Solaris and thus Sun plans on improving how ICMP errors are handled to
further mitigate the impact of such ICMP messages.
This issue is also described in the following documents:
IETF Internet Draft at
[1]http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gont-tcpm-icmp-attacks-03.txt
CERT Vulnerability Note VU#222750 at
[2]http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/222750
CVEs CAN-2004-0790 at
[3]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0790
CVEs CAN-2004-0791 at
[4]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0791
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 7
* Solaris 8
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10
x86 Platform
* Solaris 7
* Solaris 8
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10
3. Symptoms
In order to verify if ICMP error messages are being sent to a specific
system on the network, a network monitoring tool such as snoop(1M) can be
used from either the specific system or another system on the same network.
The following command can be run (as "root"):
# snoop -o <output-file>
Afterwards, the snoop(1M) utility can display the packets captured in
the "output-file" using the "-v" and "-i" options, as in:
# snoop -v -i output-file icmp icmp6
and inspect the output for ICMP packets which will look similar to the
following:
ICMP: ----- ICMP Header -----
ICMP:
ICMP: Type = 0 (Echo reply)
ICMP: Code = 0 (ID: 5417 Sequence number: 0)
ICMP: Checksum = be96
ICMP:
If the "Type" value and the "Code" value (for multiple packets) are
equal to any of the following combinations:
Type Code Name
---- ---- -----------------
4 0 Source Quench
3 * Net/Host/Protocol/Port Unreachable, etc.
5 * Redirect
6 0 Alternate Host Address
11 * Time Exceeded
12 * Parameter Problem
then the system may be the target of the described ICMP issue.
Solution Summary
4. Relief/Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue at this time.
5. Resolution
A final resolution is pending completion.
This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS"
basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by
third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may
or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations,
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AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
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YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT ARISE
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This Sun Alert notification contains Sun proprietary and confidential
information. It is being provided to you pursuant to the provisions of
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Copyright 2000-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved.
References
1. http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gont-tcpm-icmp-attacks-03.txt
2. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/222750
3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0790
4. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0791
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