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[paper] Black Nurse attack

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A Danish company recently discovered several low-volume DDoS attacks leveraging ICMP traffic against some of its clients. This attack is called BlackNurse, and it is a DDoS attack that leverages ICMP packets Type 3, Code 3. The attack causes some network equipment to overload the CPU with operations.

 

http://soc.tdc.dk/blacknurse/blacknurse.pdf

 

http://www.netresec.com/?page=Blog&month=2016-11&post=BlackNurse-Denial-of-Service-Attack

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43 minutes ago, Nytro said:

Deci trimiti ceva pachete cu Destination unreachable / port unreachable si gata, crapa?

In ce an suntem, '97?

 

Devices verified by TDC to be vulnerable to the BlackNurse attack:

  • Cisco ASA 5506, 5515, 5525, 5540 (default settings)
  • Cisco ASA 5550 (Legacy) and 5515-X (latest generation)
  • Cisco Router 897 (unless rate-limited)
  • Palo Alto (unless ICMP Flood DoS protection is activated) - See advisory from Palo Alto.
  • SonicWall (if misconfigured)
  • Zyxel NWA3560-N (wireless attack from LAN Side)
  • Zyxel Zywall USG50
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