Netgear SSL312 Web Interface Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Netgear SSL312, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the web interface when processing malformed parameters passed to the "cgi-bin/welcome/VPN_only" script, which could be exploited to crash an affected device, creating a denial of service condition.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Netgear SSL312
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-0680
     
References   http://www.helith.net/txt/netgear_ssl312_remote_dos.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-02-11 

 Target Type 
Client + Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote