Netgear R8500 1.0.2.160 POST Request openvpn.cgi openvpn_service_port_tun stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear R8500 1.0.2.160 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file openvpn.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument openvpn_service_port_tun leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-50998. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear R8500 1.0.2.160 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file openvpn.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument openvpn_service_port_tun 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 was discovered to contain multiple stack overflow vulnerabilities in the component openvpn.cgi via the openvpn_service_port and openvpn_service_port_tun parameters. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.

The advisory is available at netgear.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-50998 since 10/28/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/05/2024).

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

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

Name

• R8500

Version

• 1.0.2.160

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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