Description
Unrestricted critical resource lock in Agnitum Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0 1007.591.145 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by capturing the outpost_ipc_hdr mutex.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Agnitum Outpost Firewall 4.0 - Outpost_IPC_HDR Local Denial of Service EDB-30139 · dos · Jun 4, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20070601 Outpost Enforcing system reboot with 'outpost_ipc_hdr' mutex Vulnerability mailing-list
- 42038 vdb-entry
- outpostfirewall-outpostipchdr-dos(34686) vdb-entry
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Outpost-Enforcing-system-reboot-with-outpost_ipc_hdr-mutex.php
- 2775 third-party-advisory
- 24284 vdb-entry