Samsung to issue updates in response to printer alert
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—Samsung has issued a response to CERT's vulnerability advisory about Samsung networked printers but the response may have left printer owners wondering what to do next. Samsung said that it is aware of and has resolved the security issue affecting Samsung network printers and multifunction devices. "The issue affects devices only when SNMP is enabled, and is resolved by disabling SNMP." The company offered the reminder that it takes all matters of security seriously. They said that were they not aware of any customers affected by this vulnerability. Samsung said that it intends to release updated firmware for all current models by November 30, and all other models will receive an update by the end of the year.