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LinkSys EtherFast Router Denial of Service Attack
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The remote host seems to be a Linksys EtherFast Cable Firewall/Router. This product is vulnerable to a remote Denial of service attack : if logging is enabled, an attacker can specify a long URL which results in the router becoming unresponsive.
Solution
Solution
Update firmware to version 1.45.3.