PT-2008-2857 · Linksys · Linksys Wrt54G

Published 2008-03-10 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linksys WRT54G router (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device restart. This can be achieved by sending a long username and password to the FTP interface, specifically the '/ftp' API endpoint.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1265

Affected Products

Linksys Wrt54G

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1265 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41127 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge · Note