# CVE-2010-0618: The flood-protection feature in the base, IPDS DLE, Forms DLE, Barcode DLE, Prescribe DLE, and Printcryption DLE components on certain Lexma

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38906
- http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=TE85&locale=EN&userlocale=EN_US
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510285/100/0/threaded

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