Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11704
Category:	Misc.
Title:	icmp leak
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is vulnerable to an 'icmp leak' of potentially confidential data. That is, when the host generates an ICMP error packet other than 'destination unreachable', the error packet is supposed to only contain the original message or a portion of the original message. Due to a bug in the remote TCP/IP stack, these ICMP error messages will also contain fragments of the content of the remote kernel memory. An attacker may use this flaw to remotely sniff what is going into the host's memory, especially network packets that it sees, and obtain useful information such as POP passwords, HTTP authentication fields, and so on. Solution : Contact your vendor for a fix. If the remote host is running Linux 2.0, upgrade to Linux 2.0.40. See also : http://www.cartel-securite.fr/pbiondi/adv/CARTSA-20030314-icmpleak http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471084 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0418 Bugtraq: 20030609 Linux 2.0 remote info leak from too big icmp citation (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105519179005065&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#471084 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471084 http://www.cartel-securite.fr/pbiondi/adv/CARTSA-20030314-icmpleak.txt
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security

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