Summary
This host is running IpTools and prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application or cause a denial of service condition.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to a boundary error when processing large size packets. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet sent to port 23.
Affected
IpTools Tiny TCP/IP servers 0.1.4
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5344, CVE-2012-5345 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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