[NEWS] Brother NC-3100h Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

From: support@securiteam.com
Date: 07/29/02 

From: support@securiteam.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 07:41:02 +0200 (CEST)

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  Brother NC-3100h Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

The Brother NC-3100h provides network connectivity for Brother printers
(much in the same way as the HP JetDirect card). By sending an oversized
administrative password using the web-interface, an attacker can cause the
printer to crash.

DETAILS

Vendor status:
06/29/02 Initial Notification *Note-Initial notification by phenoelit
includes a cc to cert@cert.org by default
07/19/02 Notification of intent to post public in approximately 7 days.

Example:
Enter a password for the administrator that is 136 characters or more and
<click> the button. The printer will crash.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:fx@phenoelit.de> FX,
<mailto:ftr@phenoelit.de> FtR, <mailto:kim0@phenoelit.de> kim0, and
<mailto:DasIch@phenoelit.de> DasIch.

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