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Paul Wilders
June 12th, 2002, 04:28 AM
p-smash DoS (ICMP #9 flood)

Category: Untested

www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=11024 (http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=11024)

Summary: Flood the remote machine with ICMP 9

Description:
It was possible to crash the remote
machine by flooding it with ICMP type 9 packets.

A cracker may use this attack to make this
host crash continuously, preventing you
from working properly.


Solution : upgrade your Windows 9x operating system or change it.

Risk factor : High