Security Advisory SA32716 - Netgear WGR614v8 / WGR14v9 Web Interface Request Denial of Service

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Secunia Advisory SA32716

Netgear WGR614v8 / WGR14v9 Web Interface Request Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory

SA32716

Release Date

2008-11-18

Last Update

2009-03-10

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

DoS

Where

From local network

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Solution Status

Partial Fix

Systems affected

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Operating System

Netgear WGR614v8

Netgear WGR614v9

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2008-6122 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

sr. has reported a vulnerability in Netgear WGR614v8 and WGR614v9, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the web interface when handling requests containing a question mark ("?"), which can be exploited to stop a vulnerable device from responding.

The vulnerability is reported in all firmware versions of WGR614v9 and also affects the WGR614v8 device. WGR614v6 and WGR614v7 are not affected.

Solution
Restrict access to the web interface.
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Provided and/or discovered by
sr.

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Original Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065619.html

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