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A vulnerability was found in TP-LINK TL-WR741N and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Request Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in TP-LINK TL-WR741N (Router Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Request 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 weakness was disclosed 04/19/2013 by Daniel Henrique Negri Moreno (W1ckerMan) as File 121359/TP- as confirmed posting (Packetstorm). The advisory is available at packetstormsecurity.com. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (92672†). The entry VDB-8501 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• TL-WR741N
• TL-WR741ND

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Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• TP-LINK

Name

• TL-WR741N

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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