[Full-disclosure] DDIVRT-2008-14 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual Radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point Malformed HTTP POST DoS

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Tue Sep 2 20:52:59 BST 2008


Title
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DDIVRT-2008-14 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual Radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point
Malformed HTTP POST DoS

Severity
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Medium

Date Discovered
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May 20, 2008

Discovered By
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Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team
Credit: Brandon Shilling and r at b13$

Vulnerability Description
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The 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual Radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point is an
enterprise-grade wireless access point.  The web management interface is
vulnerable to a DoS condition due to improper validation of malformed
HTTP POST requests.  Successful exploitation will result in a complete
DoS of the device.

Solution Description
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3Com has not addressed this issue at this time.  Digital Defense, Inc.
does not currently know of any work arounds for this flaw.

Tested Systems / Software (with versions)
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Tested against 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual Radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point,
firmware unknown.  

Vendor Contact
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Name: 3Com
Website: http://www.3com.com



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