NetSarang Xlpd Printer Daemon 4 - Denial of Service Vulnerability
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# Title : NetSarang Xlpd Printer Daemon Denial of Service Vulnerability
# Author : Prabhu S Angadi SecPod Technologies (www.secpod.com)
# Vendor : http://www.netsarang.com
# Advisory : http://secpod.org/blog/?p=457
# http://secpod.org/advisories/SecPod_Exploit_NetSarang_Xlpd_Printer_Daemon_DoS_Vuln.txt
# http://secpod.org/exploits/SecPod_Exploit_NetSarang_Xlpd_Printer_Daemon_DoS.py
# Software : NetSarang Xlpd 4 Build 0100 and NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise 4 Build 0186
# Date : 01/02/2012
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SecPod ID: 1033 14/12/2011 Issue Discovered
20/01/2012 Vendor Notified
No Response
01/02/2012 Advisory Released
Class: Denial Of Service Severity: Medium
Overview:
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NetSarang Xlpd Printer Daemon version 4 is prone to a denial of service
vulnerability.
Technical Description:
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The vulnerability is caused due to improper validation of malicious LPD
request sent to printer daemon, which allows remote attackers to crash the
service.
Impact:
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Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause denial of service
condition.
Tested on:
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NetSarang Xlpd 4 Build 0100 on Windows XP SP3.
NetSarang Xmanager Enterprise 4 Build 0186 on Windows XP SP3.
Older versions might be affected.