TITLE:
3Com Baseline Switch 2848-SFP DHCP Potential Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19756

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
3Com Baseline Switch 2848-SFP Plus
http://secunia.com/product/9528/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in 3Com Baseline Switch 2848-SFP,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
DHCP packets. This can be exploited to cause the switch to become
unstable via DHCP packets that exceed 342 bytes in length.

SOLUTION:
Update to firmware version 1.0.2.0.
http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/searchbyfile.jsp?fileid=6&fname=&os=all&sort=fdate&order=desc&prodcat=all

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/switches/baseline/3C16486_V1_0_2_0_readme.pdf

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