Title: 3Com TippingPoint IPS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
TippingPoint IPS is an intrusion-prevention system for 3Com networking devices.
The application is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulneraiblity because of an improperly coded loop that can can result in an endless loop when handling malformed input.
This issue occurs when handling multiple packets to port 80; the packets contain an incrementing source port.
A successful attack will cause CPU processes to be consumed on devices running the affected software. This will cause the device to stop responding after a certain period of time, denying service to legitimate users.
Affected Products:
- 3Com TippingPoint IPS
References:
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