PT-1999-1657 · 3Com · 3Com Hiper Access Router Card

Published 1999-08-12 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1336

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: 3Com HiPer Access Router Card (HiperARC) versions 4.0 through 4.2.29

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a reboot of the system. This can be achieved by flooding the telnet port with IAC packets.

Recommendations: For versions 4.0 through 4.2.29, consider restricting access to the telnet port to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limiting the number of incoming connections to the telnet port may also help mitigate the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1336

Affected Products

3Com Hiper Access Router Card

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1336 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/6057 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93492615408725&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93458364903256&w=2 · Note