VDB-52338 · CVE-2010-0618 · BID 38906

Lexmark Z2420 Protection Feature denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lexmark Z2420. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Protection Feature. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0618. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Lexmark Z2420 (Printing Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Protection Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 03/24/2010 by Francis Provencher with Protek Research Labs (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0618 since 02/11/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 38906†) and Secunia (SA39056†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Printing Software

Vendor

Lexmark

Name

Z2420

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/11/2010 🔍
03/23/2010 +40 days 🔍
03/24/2010 +1 days 🔍
03/24/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1821 days 🔍
05/03/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Organization: Protek Research Labs
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-0618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52338
SecurityFocus: 38906 - Multiple Lexmark Laser Printers FTP Service Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 39056 - Lexmark Laser Printers Flood Protection Denial of Service, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 04:49
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (51), 12/30/2017 06:08 (6), 05/03/2026 04:49 (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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