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javacool
February 20th, 2002, 11:59 PM
Couresty of SecurityNewsPortal.com:
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Security experts have warned that Hewlett Packard printers using the JetDirect firmware may be more at risk from the recently discovered vulnerabilities in SNMP than previously thought. According to experts on the Bugtraq security mailing list, JetDirect machines may suffer from more damaging vulnerabilities than those outlined in a recent Computer Emergency Response Team advisory.
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Link here: http://www.securitynewsportal.com/cgi-bin/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=JanG%2edb&command=viewone&id=39&op=t

The VNunet.com article: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1129369

The CERT report on this glitch (on Bugtraq): http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/257026


Enjoy! *;D

javacool
February 21st, 2002, 12:00 AM
I should mention that the report indicates that if an HP printer (with the affected HP JetDirect firmware) is sent ONE malformed SNMP packet, the device crashes.