NETGEAR FVS318 denial of service

netgear-fvs318-dos (16462) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

NETGEAR FVS318 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A local attacker could establish seven connections to port 80, the web-based administration port, to deny the administrator legitimate access to the Web interface.


Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

  • Kurczaba Associates Web site: NETGEAR FVS318 Web-Based Administration DoS.
  • BID-10585: Multiple Vendor Broadband Router Web-Based Administration Denial Of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2004-0611: Web-Based Administration in Netgear FVS318 VPN Router allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (no new connections) via a large number of open HTTP connections.

Platforms Affected:

  • NETGEAR FVS318

Reported:

Jun 21, 2004

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