Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

BID:8974

Info

Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

Bugtraq ID: 8974
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 07 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 07 2001 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Jacek Lipkowski <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Avaya Argent Office 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

It has been reported that Avaya Argent Office implements the use of a weak SNMP authentication mechansim. Allegedly, the Avaya software accepts NULL SNMP community passwords, as well leaks information when handling partial community names that may be used to obtian full community names. This could result in an attacker gaining unauthorized SNMP access and could also aid in carrying out brute force and possibly other attacks.

Exploit / POC

Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Avaya Argent Office SNMP Authentication Mechanism Weaknesses

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