Linksys WAP4400N request denial of service
| linksys-wap4400n-request-dos (45841) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Linksys WAP4400N is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing association requests while the access point runs in WEP mode. By sending a specially-crafted association request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the device to reboot.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WAP4400N (1.2.17 or later), available from the Linksys Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Oct 13 2008 - 06:29:40 CDT: Marvell Driver Malformed Association Request Vulnerability.
- Linksys Web site: WAP4400N - Wireless-N Access Point with Power Over Ethernet.
- BID-31742: Linksys WAP4400N Marvell Wireless Chipset Driver Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4441: The Marvell driver for the Linksys WAP4400N Wi-Fi access point with firmware 1.2.14 on the Marvell 88W8361P-BEM1 chipset, when WEP mode is enabled, does not properly parse malformed 802.11 frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot or hang-up) via a malformed association request containing the WEP flag, as demonstrated by a request that is too short, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1144 and CVE-2008-1197.
- SA32259: Linksys WAP4400N Denial of Service and SNMPv3 Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2805: Linksys WAP4400N Denial of Service and SNMPv3 Issues
Platforms Affected:
- Linksys WAP4400N 1.2.14
- Marvell Semiconductor 88W8361P-BEM1 chipset
Reported:
Sep 27, 2008
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