Title: NAI Sniffer Agent False Login Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
NAI Sniffer Agent is part of the NAI Sniffer network monitoring package. A vulnerability exists in the agent that can allow a malicious user to crash a system running the agent.
The Sniffer Agent is access controlled, and requires a login for a user to attain remote access. It is reported that the Sniffer Agent does not reliably handle false login requests, and when faced with a large amount of false authentication requests, causes host system instability. This flaw makes it possible for a malicious user to crash a host running the agent by flooding it with false login requests, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Network Associates Sniffer Agent 3.0.10
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