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laurent has reported two vulnerabilities in D-Link DI-524, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An error in the processing of login requests sent to the web interface can be exploited to trigger a crash via an overly long username.

1) An error in the processing of HTTP headers can be exploited to crash the router's web server via an overly long HTTP header without a value.

Solution
Restrict access to trusted users only.

Provided and/or discovered by
laurent

Original Advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/

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