AIX could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, caused by an error when the TCP large send offload option is enabled on a network interface. By sending a specially crafted sequence of packets, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 999999
#@DEPRECATED@
#
# Disabled on 2014/03/10. Deprecated by aix_U841068.nasl, aix_U848193.nasl
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security
# Advisory large_send_advisory.asc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(64302);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/20 0:18:51");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0194");
script_name(english:"AIX 6.1 TL 7 : large_send (IV14209)");
script_summary(english:"Check for APAR IV14209");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote AIX host is missing a security patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"AIX could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, caused
by an error when the TCP large send offload option is enabled on a
network interface. By sending a specially crafted sequence of packets,
an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic."
);
# http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/large_send_advisory.asc
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ff27e272"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Install the appropriate interim fix."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/01/30");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/AIX/lslpp", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/version");
exit(0);
}
exit(0, 'This plugin has been deprecated. Use plugin #72839 (aix_U841068.nasl) and #72844 (aix_U848193.nasl) instead.');
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
if ( get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure" ) ) exit(0, "This iFix check is disabled because : "+get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure") );
flag = 0;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"6.1", ml:"07", sp:"02", patch:"IV14209s02", package:"bos.net.tcp.client", minfilesetver:"6.1.7.0", maxfilesetver:"6.1.7.3") < 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"6.1", ml:"07", sp:"03", patch:"IV14209s03", package:"bos.net.tcp.client", minfilesetver:"6.1.7.0", maxfilesetver:"6.1.7.3") < 0) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");