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ALAXALA Networks AX Series BGP UPDATE Message Processing Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory: SA30054  
Release Date: 2008-05-02

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:ALAXALA Networks AX2000R Series
ALAXALA Networks AX2400S Series
ALAXALA Networks AX3600S Series
ALAXALA Networks AX5400S Series
ALAXALA Networks AX7700R
ALAXALA Networks AX7800R Series
ALAXALA Networks AX7800S Series


CVE reference:CVE-2007-6372 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ALAXALA Networks AX series, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing BGP UPDATE messages and can be exploited to cause BGP session flapping via specially crafted BGP messages.

Solution:
Restrict network access on affected systems.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported via US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
US-CERT VU#929656:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929656



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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. ALAXALA Networks Products TCP Connection Denial of Service


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