Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-20728 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Netgear products
Summary
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D6400 before 1.0.0.74, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.74, D7800 before 1.0.1.34, D8500 before 1.0.3.39, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.102, DGND2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.102, DM200 before 1.0.0.52, JNDR3000 before 1.0.0.22, RBK50 before 2.3.5.30, RBR50 before 2.3.5.30, RBS50 before 2.3.5.30, RBW30 before 2.1.2.6, R6250 before 1.0.4.26, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.24, R6400 before 1.0.1.36, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.52, R6700 before 1.0.1.44, R6900 before 1.0.1.44, R7000 before 1.0.9.26, R6900P before 1.3.0.20, R7000P before 1.3.0.20, R7100LG before 1.0.0.40, R7300DST before 1.0.0.62, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.44, R7900 before 1.0.2.10, R8000 before 1.0.4.12, R7900P before 1.3.0.10, R8000P before 1.3.0.10, R8300 before 1.0.2.116, R8500 before 1.0.2.116, R8900 before 1.0.3.10, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.18, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.96, WNDR4300v1 before 1.0.2.98, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.54, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.54, WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.64, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.48.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.