PT-2023-21660 · NetGear · Netgear Nighthawk Wifi6 Router

Published 2023-03-15 · Updated 2023-03-21 · CVE-2023-28338

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netgear Nighthawk Wifi6 Router (RAX30) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises when a request is sent to the router's web service with a Content-Type of multipartboundary=, causing the request body to be written to /tmp/mulipartFile on the device. This can lead to device resources being exhausted if a sufficiently large file is sent, resulting in the device becoming unusable until it is rebooted.

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

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-28338

Affected Products

Netgear Nighthawk Wifi6 Router

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28338 · Security Note
• https://drupal9.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-12 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/46280 · Telegram Post