CVE-2021-34979

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-34979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-13 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-19 20:12:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SOAP requests. When parsing the SOAPAction header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13512.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Netgear R6260 - All All All
Operating System Netgear R6260 Firmware 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory for Vertical Privilege Escalation on Some Routers, PSV-2021-0152 | Answer | NETGEAR Support MISC kb.netgear.com
ZDI-21-1241 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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