From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Dec 17 2004 - 06:37:47 CST

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TITLE:
Ricoh Aficio 450/455 ICMP Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13475

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13475/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Ricoh Aficio 450/455 PCL 5e
http://secunia.com/product/4381/

DESCRIPTION:
Hongzhen Zhou has reported a vulnerability in Ricoh Aficio 450/455
printer, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of ICMP
packets. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable system to crash
by sending a specially crafted ICMP packet.

The vulnerability has been reported in Ricoh Aficio 450/455 PCL 5e.
Other printers may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter access to the printer.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Hongzhen Zhou

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