6057 : 3Com HiPer Access Router Card (HiperARC) IAC Packet Flood DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
1999-08-12

Description

3COM HiPer Access Router Card (HiperARC) contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when sending a flood of IAC (Inquiry Access Code) packets to the telnet port, which will cause the card to reboot resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: Create a telnet access list of trusted hosts and do not allow any telnet sessions from outside your network.

Products

3Com Corporation	HiPer Access Router Card	4.0
		4.1
		4.2
		4.2.29

References

CVE ID: 1999-1336 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 9872
Mail List Post: http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/1999/08/msg00163.html
Vendor URL: http://www.3com.com/

Tools & Filters

	10108

Credit

Jonathan Chapman - jchapman1st.net -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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