PT-2017-16632 · Asus · Asus Rt-N56U Wireless Router

Published 2017-01-30 · Updated 2017-03-09 · CVE-2017-5632

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router version 3.0.0.4.374 979

Description An issue allows an attacker to crash the device's WAN connection, causing disconnection from the Internet, by executing an "nmap -O" command that specifies the IP address of the affected device. This can only be done from within the local area network.

Recommendations For ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router version 3.0.0.4.374 979, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the device from within the local area network to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5632

Affected Products

Asus Rt-N56U Wireless Router

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5632 · Vendor Advisory
• https://asus.com/Static_WebPage/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5632 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95857 · Note