D-Link DIR-800 Session Cookie dws/api/Login memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-800. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file dws/api/Login of the component Session Cookie Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5681. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DIR-800 (Router Operating System) (unknown version) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file dws/api/Login of the component Session Cookie Handler. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in dws/api/Login on D-Link DIR-850L B1 2.07 before 2.07WWB05, DIR-817 Ax, DIR-818LW Bx before 2.05b03beta03, DIR-822 C1 3.01 before 3.01WWb02, DIR-823 A1 1.00 before 1.00WWb05, DIR-895L A1 1.11 before 1.11WWb04, DIR-890L A1 1.09 before 1.09b14, DIR-885L A1 1.11 before 1.11WWb07, DIR-880L A1 1.07 before 1.07WWb08, DIR-868L B1 2.03 before 2.03WWb01, and DIR-868L C1 3.00 before 3.00WWb01 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long session cookie.

The weakness was shared 08/25/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at supportannouncement.us.dlink.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5681 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/02/2024).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92427†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Router Operating System

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• D-Link

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• DIR-800

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/

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