Lantronix key requests denial of service

lantronix-key-requests-dos (38405)

Medium Risk

Description:

Lantronix is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of public key requests. A remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to prevent the device from responding using specially-crafted keyscan requests, resulting in a denial of service.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector:	Adjacent Network
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	2.7
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

• Lantronix, Inc. Web site: Lantronix - Device Server Technology, Remote Network Management and Wireless Device Networking.
• BID-26404: Lantronix SCS3200 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
• CVE-2007-5981: Lantronix SCS3200 does not properly handle public-key requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unresponsive device) via unspecified keyscan requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
• OSVDB ID: 39188: Lantronix SCS3200 Unspecified Keyscan Requests Remote DoS
• SA26276: Lantronix SCS3200 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• Latronix Latronix SCS3200

Reported:

Nov 11, 2007

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