Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-27361 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Netgear Rax30 Firmware
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
NETGEAR RAX30 rex_cgi JSON Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of JSON data. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19355.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 7 | |
| Hardware | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000065625/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-the-RAX30-PSV-2022-0302
- https://kb.netgear.com/000065625/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-the-RAX30-PSV-2022-0302
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-495/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-495/