VDB-720 · XFDB 16460 · SA11911

Netgear BEFSR41 Administration Connection denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear BEFSR41. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administration Connection Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Netgear BEFSR41 (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Administration Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 06/21/2004. The weakness was published 06/21/2004 by Paul Kurczaba with Kurczaba Associates (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kurczaba.com. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at netgear.com.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16460), OSVDB (7188†) and Secunia (SA11911†). Further details are available at kurczaba.com. Similar entry is available at VDB-719. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: netgear.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: kurczaba.com
Researcher: Paul Kurczaba
Organization: Kurczaba Associates
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-720
X-Force: 16460 - Linksys BEFSR41 connection denial of service, Medium Risk
Secunia: 11911 - Linksys BEFSR41 Connection Handling Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 7188 - Linksys BEFSR41 Web Admin Connection DoS

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

Created: 06/22/2004 15:53
Changes: 06/22/2004 15:53 (65)
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Cache ID: 216:066:103

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