[4099] in bugtraq
Re: (ASCEND) ** >= Ascend 5.0A SECURITY ALERT **
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Holdrege)
Thu Feb 27 03:58:29 1997
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 15:36:55 -0800
Reply-To: Matt Holdrege <mholdrege@ASCEND.COM>
From: Matt Holdrege <mholdrege@ASCEND.COM>
X-To: Kit Knox <kit@connectnet.com>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95q.970226150244.9311A-100000@irc.connectnet.co m>
At 03:18 PM 2/26/97 -0800, Kit Knox wrote:
>There exists a new feature in the 5.0A series of releases for the MAX which
>allow a user to reboot your Ascend MAX at will. This is done via an
>undocumented login entry point that has been introduced without notice to
>the public by Ascend.
FYI, port 150 is not undocumented. It is described in the 5.0a release
notes on page 59 of the Max/T1 manual and page 62 of the Max/E1 manual.
It was also introduced months ago in an incremental release. I'm sure our
support engineers are working on the bug you reported and will soon have a
fix.
Matt Holdrege - http://www.ascend.com - mholdrege@ascend.com
