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HP ProCurve 5300xl Series RPC Traffic Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10319
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Release Date:
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2003-12-01
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Popularity:
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6,365 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | HP ProCurve 5300xl Series
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Description:
HP has reported a vulnerability in ProCurve 5300xl series switches, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when handling RPC traffic, which may cause performance to degrade. This behaviour can e.g. be triggered by the Welchia and Blaster worms.
The vulnerability affects HP ProCurve Switch 5304XL (J4850A), 5348XL (J4849A), 5372XL (J4848A), and 5308XL (J4819A).
Solution:
Update switch software to E.07.40 or subsequent.
http://www.hp.com/rnd/software/switches.htm
Original Advisory:
SSRT3647 ProCurve 5300 series and RPC worms:
http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBMI0311-006
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