Denial of service in NETGEAR Routers



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID N/A
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
AC2100
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

AC2400
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R6700v2
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R6900v2
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R7200
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R7350
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R7400
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

R7450
Hardware solutions / Routers for home users

D7000
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6120
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6220
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6230
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6260
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6330
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6350
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

R6850
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

Vendor NETGEAR

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU61928

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

AC2100: before 1.2.0.90

AC2400: before 1.2.0.90

D7000: before 1.0.1.84

R6120: before 1.0.0.82

R6220: before 1.1.0.112

R6230: before 1.1.0.112

R6260: before 1.1.0.86

R6330: before 1.1.0.86

R6350: before 1.1.0.86

R6700v2: before 1.2.0.90

R6850: before 1.1.0.86

R6900v2: before 1.2.0.90

R7200: before 1.2.0.90

R7350: before 1.2.0.90

R7400: before 1.2.0.90

R7450: before 1.2.0.90

CPE2.3 External links

https://kb.netgear.com/000064818/Security-Advisory-for-Denial-of-Service-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0273


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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