CVE-2004-2549 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Nortel WLAN Access Points by sending malformed TCP requests to Telnet or HTTP services, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2549?
CVE-2004-2549 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2549?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Nortel Wlan Access Point 2220, Nortel Wlan Access Point 2221, Nortel Wlan Access Point 2225.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-2549 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2549 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hjf4-6f96-j975.