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oval:org.secpod.oval:def:301149
Ovidiu Mara reported a vulnerability in ping.c that could cause ping to hang when responding to a malicious echo reply . The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. Packages for 2008.0 and 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program oval:org.secpod.oval:def:100648 The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host to discover whether the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:100311 The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host to discover whether the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:600992 Ovidiu Mara reported in 2010 a vulnerability in the ping util, commonly used by system and network administrators. By carefully crafting ICMP responses, an attacker could make the ping command hangs. |
