APC Security Advisory – Denial of Service Vulnerability with PowerChuteBusinessEdition

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Date: 07/21/04

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    APC Security Advisory – Denial of Service Vulnerability with
    PowerChute Business Edition

    Problem Summary
    A non-privileged user could cause a denial of service attack on
    PowerChute Business Edition servers and agents, preventing authorized
    users from accessing them through the PowerChute Business Edition
    console (see “Affected Products” to find out if your version of
    software is affected).

    Severity Level
    Important

    Affected Products
    All versions of PowerChute Business Edition between 6.0 and 7.0.1
    (inclusive) are affected. See “Recommendations and workarounds” for
    more details on rectifying the problem.

    Mitigating Factors
    This vulnerability affects the accessibility of PowerChute Business
    Edition servers and agents, but does not affect the software’s
    primary function of gracefully shutting down in the event of a power
    related event.

    Recommendations and workarounds
    Customers should upgrade to version 7.0.2 of PowerChute Business
    Edition or patch their existing version of software. Both the full
    release and patch can be downloaded directly from APC’s website at
    http://www.apc.com/tools/download/index.cfm

    Exploitation and Public Announcements
    APC is not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerability described
    in this advisory. The discovery and documentation of this
    vulnerability was conducted by the Qualys Security Research Team.
    For more information about the Qualys Security Research Team, visit
    their website at http://www.qualys.com.

    Status of this notice: ACTIVE
    THIS IS AN ACTIVE ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH APC CANNOT GUARANTEE THE
    ACCURACY OF ALL STATEMENTS IN THIS NOTICE, ALL OF THE FACTS HAVE
    BEEN CHECKED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. APC DOES NOT ANTICIPATE
    ISSUING UPDATED VERSIONS OF THIS ADVISORY UNLESS THERE IS SOME
    MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE FACTS. SHOULD THERE BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
    THE FACTS, APC MAY UPDATE THIS ADVISORY. A STAND-ALONE COPY OR
    PARAPHRASE OF THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY ADVISORY IS AN UNCONTROLLED
    COPY, AND MAY LACK IMPORTANT INFORMATION OR CONTAIN FACTUAL ERRORS.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER APC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES OR
    EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR
    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NO LIMITED TO, LOSS
    OF PROFITS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
    INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION FOR CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR
    TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT APC HAS BEEN
    ADVISED OR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE
    FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY.

    Distribution
    This bulletin and any future updates will be posted to APC's web
    site.

    Revisions
    Revision 1.0
    Initial Public Release

    Copyright
    This notice is Copyright © 2004 by American Power Conversion
    Corporation. This notice may be redistributed freely provided that
    redistributed copies are complete and unmodified, and include all
    date and version information.

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