Avaya Argent Office Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

BID:8975

Info

Avaya Argent Office Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 8975
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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Avaya Argent Office Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

It has been reported that Avaya Argent Office devices implement a weak encryption algorithm when handling TFTP like requests. Specifically, the software simply represents each character of the password as a hexadecimal value with an incremented value. As a result, an attacker may be capable of gaining a TFTP password.

Exploit / POC

Avaya Argent Office Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

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] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Avaya Argent Office Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

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 Weak TFTP Password Encryption Algorithm Weakness

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