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SMC Barricade Wireless Router PPTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9026
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Release Date:
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2003-06-13
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Popularity:
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7,481 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: | SMC Broadband Router SMC7004VWBR
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0419
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SMC Barricade Wireless Router, which can be exploited by a malicious person to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on the device.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of certain packets. This can be exploited by sending a specially crafted packet to the PPTP service (port 1723/TCP) on the internal interface, which will cause the device to stop responding.
The vulnerability is reported in Barricade Wireless Router version SMC7004VWBR.
Solution:
Update to firmware version 1.23:
http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Prod...ils&prod=258&site=c#downloads
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michael Sutton, iDEFENSE
Original Advisory:
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/06.11.03.txt
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