CVE-2020-35801

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35801
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-30 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-23 17:27:00 UTC
DescriptionCertain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48. A TFTP server was found to be active by default. It allows remote authenticated users to update the switch firmware.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Netgear Gs116e v2 All All All
Hardware Netgear Gs116e v2 All All All
Operating System Netgear Gs116e Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netgear Gs116e Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs516pe - All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs516pe - All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs516pe Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs516pe Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs524e v2 All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs524e v2 All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs524e Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs524e Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs524pe - All All All
Hardware Netgear Jgs524pe - All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs524pe Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netgear Jgs524pe Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Technical Advisory – Multiple Vulnerabilities in Netgear ProSAFE Plus JGS516PE / GS116Ev2 Switches – NCC Group Research MISC research.nccgroup.com
Security Advisory for Security Misconfiguration on Some Smart Managed Plus Switches, PSV-2020-0376 | Answer | NETGEAR Support MISC kb.netgear.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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