Nortel WLAN Access Point 2220/2221/2225 Telnet Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Nortel WLAN Access Point 2220/2221/2225. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Telnet Service. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2549. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Nortel WLAN Access Point 2220/2221/2225 (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2004. The weakness was released 03/01/2004 by Mark Ludwik (Alex) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2549 since 11/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15373), Exploit-DB (23786), SecurityFocus (BID 9787†), OSVDB (4128†) and Secunia (SA11034†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Mark Ludwik (Alex)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2549 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2549
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23431
X-Force: 15373
SecurityFocus: 9787 - Nortel Wireless LAN Access Point 2200 Series Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 11034 - Nortel WLAN Access Point 2200 Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 4128 - Nortel WLAN Access Point 2200 DoS
SecurityTracker: 1009294

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 10/07/2024 16:55
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (60), 03/26/2019 07:01 (9), 10/07/2024 16:55 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:AF6:103

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