Description
SelfPing is a denial of service attack which allows a user without administrative privileges
to remotely reboot a machine with a single ping command. This attack exploits a
vulnerability found in Solaris versions 2.5 and 2.5.1. The maliciouspingcommand sends
ECHO_REQUEST packets from a machine using its localhost IP as the multicast
interface. Within a few seconds of sending these packets, the system panics and reboots.
The selfping attack is available from the RootShell web site [18].