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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11901 |
| Category: | Denial of Service |
| Title: | 'spank' Denial of Service Vulnerability |
| Summary: | The remote host answers to TCP packets that are coming from a multicast; address. This is known as the 'spank' denial of service attack. |
| Description: | Summary: The remote host answers to TCP packets that are coming from a multicast address. This is known as the 'spank' denial of service attack. Vulnerability Impact: An attacker might use this flaw to shut down this server and saturate your network, thus preventing you from working properly. This also could be used to run stealth scans against your machine. Solution: Contact your operating system vendor for a patch. Filter out multicast addresses (224.0.0.0/4). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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