TCP/IP Ping of Death Remote DoS (jolt)

high Nessus Plugin ID 11903

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Synopsis

The remote operating system has a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host crashed when pinged with an incorrectly fragmented packet. This is known as the 'jolt' or 'ping of death' denial of service attack. A remote attacker could exploit this to repeatedly crash this server.

Solution

Contact the operating system vendor for a patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11903

File Name: jolt.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: Denial of Service

Published: 10/22/2003

Updated: 3/6/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Detections

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