CVE-2020-35716 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a persistent denial of service on Belkin Linksys RE6500 devices by sending a long parameter to the langSwitch endpoint.
- 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-2020-35716?
CVE-2020-35716 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linksys Re6500 Firmware, published on 26 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to cause a persistent denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long /goform/langSwitch langSelectionOnly parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35716?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linksys Re6500 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-35716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35716 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-2020-35716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linksys Re6500 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5mr8-rv5h-p6vv.