Re: Fw: APC 9606 SmartSlot Web/SNMP management card "backdoor" - MORE PROBLEMS

[Tom <tom () ispstuff com>]

Vulnerability tested and Fixed in :

MasterSwitch AP9211 with AP9606 AOS v3.0.9a and MasterSwitch APP v2.2.5a

Patch from APC web site.  Here's the web link.

http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3131&p_created=1077139129

At 04:56 PM 2/17/2004, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 Feb 2004 6:23 pm, thiago.vazquez () light com br wrote:
> > We have many products from APC and we've tested that vulnerability in some
> > of them and ..... following are the results.
>
> [ snip ]
>
> According to a Matias Kvaternik at APC (US) today, the bug was discovered
> after the AP9606 was discontinued (we bought some less than one year ago),
> and the engineering team has "no fix in the pipeline". He advises us to
> switch off telnet access.
>
> I would imagine most APC products are installed to last for a good three to
> six years - upgrading power hardware is probably about as practical as
> upgrading a load of networking equipment. I'm surprised, indeed disappointed,
> that APC doesn't appear to provide critical security fixes for these
> discontinued products; although I do only speak from very limited experience
> of APC.
>
>
> James Green