Packeteer PacketShaper long argument denial of service
| packetshaper-argument-dos (31357) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Packeteer PacketShaper is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow. By sending an overly long argument to the web interface, a remote attacker with "look" or "touch" access could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and cause the device to reboot.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Packeteer PacketShaper (8.2.0 or later), available from the Packeteer Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jan 08 2007 - 05:10:24 CST : Packeteer PacketWise CLI overflow DoS.
- Packeteer Web site: Packeteer PacketShaper.
- BID-21933: Packeteer PacketShaper Multiple Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-0113: Buffer overflow in Packeteer PacketShaper PacketWise 8.x allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reset or reboot) via (1) a long traffic class argument to the class show command or (2) a long POLICY parameter value in clastree.htm.
- OSVDB ID: 31656: Packeteer PacketShaper PacketWise Input Handling DoS
- SA23685: Packeteer PacketShaper Input Handling Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0098: Packeteer PacketShaper Long Argument Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Packeteer Packeteer PacketShaper 9500/ISP Packetwise 8.x
Reported:
Jan 08, 2007
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