RE: PacketShaper

From: GRUPOHEMAC.- juan davila (jdavila@grupohemac.com.mx)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 10:26:35 EDT


Upgrade the software to version 6 and configure only access on interfaces
inbound for management .

Hemac Teleinformatica
Ing. Juan Carlos Davila Ortiz
Ingenieria
Chapultepec # 710 Col. Moderna
3616-3824 Guadalajara, Jal.
jdavila@grupohemac.com.mx

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Brewis, Mark" <mark.brewis@eds.com>
To: "'Filipe A.'" <incognito@patria.ath.cx>, pen-test@securityfocus.com
Sent: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:56:11 +0100
Subject: RE: PacketShaper

> Filipe,
>
> I had a look at one of these about three years ago; I sent out a similar
> request and didn't get anything back. I didn't find anything in its
> deployed state, although you appear to have more ports available
> than I remember seeing. What is it using echo for?
>
> Obviously, a lot of things have moved on in that time with regard to
> application testing. Can you get anything out of the webserver at
> all? Is it an apache, tomcat or lynx derivative, or is it
> proprietary? If you haven't already, try using attacks against
> those as a starting place if it is proprietary, and then fuzz on
> those. It may be one of those things that you feel ought to break,
> but never does.
>
> No idea about the algorithm, I'm afraid.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Brewis
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> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Filipe A. [mailto:incognito@patria.ath.cx]
> >>Sent: 28 April 2004 10:48
> >>To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
> >>Subject: PacketShaper
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello. I'm in the middle of a pentest. On my client's network sits
> >>a PacketShaper (v5.3.0) from Packeteer [1]. This seems to be a
> >>commom device for traffic shaping yet I can't find any published
> >>vulnerabilities for it. Open ports are 7, 21, 23 and 80. Both web and
> >>telnet interfaces require only a password for authentication, no
> >>username needed. Default pwds were no good. I can code a brute
> >>forcer but was wondering if anyone here has audited one of these boxes
> >>and can share some info.
> >>SNMP read community is also available but I don't find any sensitive
> >>information there, apart from traffic statistics. One last
> >>fact, I found
> >>this quote in Packeteer's site regarding password recovery:
> >>"[...] contact Customer Support. After you provide them with
> >>your serial
> >>number, they will generate a default password you can use to
> >>access your
> >>unit via the command-line or browser interface." If I understand
> >>correctly there's an algorithm somewhere that will generate a default
> >>pwd for each box according to it's serial number. Any ideas? (social
> >>engeneering is out of scope for this audit)
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>[1]
> >>http://www.packeteer.com/prod-sol/products/packetshaper_topologies.cfm
> >>
> >>
> >>
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