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3Com OfficeConnect Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA9333
Release Date: 2003-07-23
Popularity: 5,987 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:3Com OfficeConnect 812 ADSL Router

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in 3Com OfficeConnect allowing malicious people to crash the device.

The problem is that the router can't handle 512 characters long HTTP requests. This causes the router to crash and reboot.

This has been reported for firmware version 1.1.9

Solution:
Disable the web interface if possible.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David F. Madrid

Original Advisory:
http://nautopia.coolfreepages.com/vulnerabilidades/3com812_Web_DOS.htm


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