"Many Brother Printers Vulnerable to Remote DoS Attacks"

Researchers at Trustwave have warned of an unpatched vulnerability that would allow attackers to remotely disable Brother printers temporarily with the generation of DoS attacks. The vulnerability arises from an embedded HTTP Daemon (HTTPd) server by the name of Debut, which is used by some Brother products to host web interfaces. This flaw could potentially impact thousands of Brother printers. This article further discusses how this flaw could be exploited by attackers, impacts of this exploitation, other companies whose printers have been discovered to be susceptible to DoS attacks, and the potential dangers of DoS attacks that are often overlooked. 

Security Week reports "Many Brother Printers Vulnerable to Remote DoS Attacks"