IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:24942

Info

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24942
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2007-3268
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 17 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 17 2007 12:00AM
Credit: Manuel Santamarina Suarez is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1.0.2
Not Vulnerable: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1.Fix Pack 3

Discussion

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because the server fails to handle exceptional conditions.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected server, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue is reported to affect IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1.0.2; other versions may be affected.

NOTE: The discoverer could not reproduce this vulnerability on IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1.0.116.

Exploit / POC

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by using standard network utilities.

Solution / Fix

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Divide By Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

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