Argent Office UDP packet denial of service
| argent-office-udp-dos (6953) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Argent Office is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An attacker can send a UDP packet with no payload to port 53 to cause the system to reboot.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 12 2002 - 15:13:23 CDT: Re: Multiple vulnerabilities in Avaya Argent Office.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Aug 07 2001 - 07:35:52 CDT: Multiple vulnerabilities in Avaya Argent Office.
- BID-5704: Avaya IP Office Malformed Packets Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-8976: Avaya Argent Office Malformed DNS Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2001-1259: Avaya Argent Office allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending UDP packets to port 53 with no payload.
- OSVDB ID: 14254: Avaya Argent Office Malformed UDP DNS Packet DoS
- US-CERT VU#981915: Avaya Argent Office vulnerable to denial of service via malformed DNS packets
Platforms Affected:
- Avaya Argent Office
Reported:
Aug 07, 2001
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