42169 : Ingate Firewall/SIParator Serial-console Malformed Login Attempt Logging Failure
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Disclosure Date
2007-11-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6098" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Ingate Firewall before 4.6.0 and SIParator before 4.6.0 do not log truncated (1) ICMP, (2) UDP, and (3) TCP packets, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors; and do not log (4) serial-console login attempts with nonexistent usernames, which might make it easier for attackers with physical access to guess valid login credentials while avoiding detection.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-6098 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 27688
Related OSVDB ID: 42167 42168 42170 42171 42172 42173 42174 42175
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.ingate.com/relnote-460.php

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-23 | Disagree?

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