CVE-2005-4820 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by flooding the SMC wireless router with traffic, requiring no authentication or user interaction.
- 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-2005-4820?
CVE-2005-4820 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SMC Wireless Router model SMC7904WBRA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) by flooding the router with traffic.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4820?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smc Networks Smc7904wbra.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4820?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4820 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-2005-4820 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4820 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6prr-6x2x-fx8r.