CVE-2005-4276 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Westell Versalink 327W routers by sending malformed IP packets with identical source and destination addresses.
- 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-2005-4276?
CVE-2005-4276 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Westell Versalink 327W allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source and destination IPs and ports, and with the SYN flag set (aka LanD). NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4276?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Westell Versalink.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4276?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4276 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-2005-4276 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-4276 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f95v-w3cx-q9fg.