CVE-2011-1385 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash IBM AIX systems by sending a crafted ICMP Echo Reply packet, requiring OS patches to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1385?
CVE-2011-1385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 2 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, and VIOS 2.1.x and 2.2.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an ICMP Echo Reply packet that contains 1 in the Identifier field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0194.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1385?
It affects 2 products.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1385?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-1385 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1385 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w66m-9vhm-v29x.