CVE-2009-3962 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service reboot on 2wire Gateways by sending a specific sequence to the management interface.
- 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-2009-3962?
CVE-2009-3962 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The management interface on the 2wire Gateway 1700HG, 1701HG, 1800HW, 2071, 2700HG, and 2701HG-T with software before 5.29.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a %0d%0a sequence in the page parameter to the xslt program on TCP port 50001, a related issue to CVE-2006-4523.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3962?
It affects 6 products.
Products include 2wire 1700hg, 2wire 1701hg, 2wire 1800hw, 2wire 2071, 2wire 2700hg, 2wire 2701hg-T.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3962 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-2009-3962 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3962 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jpcj-vqr6-24hg.