NI3
10-26-2003, 01:36 PM
Test ID: 11903
Category: Denial of Service
Title: ping of death
Summary: Crash target with a too long fragmented packets
Description:
The machine crashed when pinged with an incorrectly fragmented packet.
This is known as the 'jolt' or 'ping of death' denial of service attack.
An attacker may use this flaw to shut down this server,
thus preventing you from working properly.
Solution : contact your operating system vendor for a patch.
Risk factor : High
Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi
Category: Denial of Service
Title: ping of death
Summary: Crash target with a too long fragmented packets
Description:
The machine crashed when pinged with an incorrectly fragmented packet.
This is known as the 'jolt' or 'ping of death' denial of service attack.
An attacker may use this flaw to shut down this server,
thus preventing you from working properly.
Solution : contact your operating system vendor for a patch.
Risk factor : High
Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi