CVE-2010-0618 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a TCP outage on Lexmark printers by exploiting the flood-protection feature with passive FTP connections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0618?
CVE-2010-0618 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The flood-protection feature in the base, IPDS DLE, Forms DLE, Barcode DLE, Prescribe DLE, and Printcryption DLE components on certain Lexmark laser and inkjet printers and MarkNet devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP outage) by making many passive FTP connections and then aborting these connections.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lexmark Z2420.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f48q-jvj9-xmwh.