Netgear RAX30 soap_serverd stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Netgear RAX30. Affected is the function soap_serverd. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-27369. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear RAX30 (Wireless LAN Software) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function soap_serverd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the soap_serverd binary. When parsing the request headers, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-19840.

The weakness was released 05/02/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-27369 since 02/28/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/03/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at kb.netgear.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: kb.netgear.com

Timelineinfo

02/28/2023 🔍
05/02/2023 +62 days 🔍
05/02/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/03/2025 +612 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-27369 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-27369
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-227831

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2023 08:45
Updated: 01/03/2025 18:48
Changes: 05/02/2023 08:45 (39), 01/03/2025 18:48 (36)
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