TCP/IP implementations do not adequately validate ICMP error messages

[Alok Menghrajani - Ilion Security SA <alok () ilionsecurity ch>]

Hi,

I was playing around with the ICMP error messages DOS attack (I found an 
exploit on securityfocus.org bid 13214), and I noticed the following 
work around:

when I add the following rule to iptables, the linux server (Kernel 
2.4.29-grsec) is no longer vulnerable to the DOS:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p icmp -j DROP

I am interested in knowing if this work around makes any sense. Please 
keep me informed about this vulnerability.

Thank you,
Alok.

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M. Alok Menghrajani
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