CVE-2019-11060 HG100 contains an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability
An attacker can cause a Denial of Service on the ASUS HG100 web API by sending slow HTTP headers, exhausting server resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-11060?
CVE-2019-11060 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in ASUS HG100 firmware, published on 29 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The web api server on Port 8080 of ASUS HG100 firmware up to 1.05.12, which is vulnerable to Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: an attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly to keep HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time. CVSS 3.0 Base score 7.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11060?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Asus Hg100 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11060?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11060 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-2019-11060 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11060 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ASUS HG100 firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj49-fqj3-gccc.