CVE-2020-35225 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service on NETGEAR switches by sending malformed NSDP write requests with invalid string lengths.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-35225?
CVE-2020-35225 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NSDP protocol implementation on NETGEAR JGS516PE/GS116Ev2 v2.6.0.43 devices was not properly validating the length of string parameters sent in write requests, potentially allowing denial of service attacks.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35225?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Netgear Gs116e Firmware, Netgear Jgs516pe Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-35225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35225 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-2020-35225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgww-m6rm-gm57.