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Bugtraq archives for 4th quarter (Oct-Dec) 1998: 3Com HiPer ARC vulnerable to nestea attack

3Com HiPer ARC vulnerable to nestea attack

Olaf Selke (Olaf.SelkeMEDIAWAYS.NET)
Fri, 25 Dec 1998 16:01:36 +0100 

We found 3Com's HiPer ARCs running system version 4.1.11
being vulnerable to the nestea DoS attack. The cards simply
crash and reboot.


The multi DoS tool targa v1.1
http://www.rootshell.com/archive-j457nxiqi3gq59dv/199806/targa.c.html
started with the nestea option can be used for demonstration.


*sigh* As already mentioned on Bugtraq in the past, 3Com/USR's IP
stacks are not very resistant against this specific kind of DoS attack:

NetServer card: http://geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1998_4/0198.html
PalmPilot:      http://geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1998_2/0138.html


>From my experiences 3Com has fixed this bug in the recent Total Control
NetServer card code base. Apparently it was re-introduced by the HiPer ARC.

Olaf
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