NETGEAR security advisory

Number: AV18-029
Date: 09 February 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to a recently published NETGEAR security advisory.

Assessment

NETGEAR has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. found in routers affected by a remote authentication AuthenticationA process or measure used to verify a users identity. bypass that could be exploited by a remote user  to access target networks without having to provide a password.

Affected Products:

- D8500 running firmware versions 1.0.3.27 and earlier
- DGN2200v4 running firmware versions 1.0.0.82 and earlier
- R6300v2 running firmware versions 1.0.4.06 and earlier
- R6400 running firmware versions 1.0.1.20 and earlier
- R6400v2 running firmware versions 1.0.2.18 and earlier
- R6700 running firmware versions 1.0.1.22 and earlier
- R6900 running firmware versions 1.0.1.20 and earlier
- R7000 running firmware versions 1.0.7.10 and earlier
- R7000P running firmware versions 1.0.0.58 and earlier
- R7100LG running firmware versions 1.0.0.28 and earlier
- R7300DST running firmware versions 1.0.0.52 and earlier
- R7900 running firmware versions 1.0.1.12 and earlier
- R8000 running firmware versions 1.0.3.46 and earlier
- R8300 running firmware versions 1.0.2.86 and earlier
- R8500 running firmware versions 1.0.2.86 and earlier
- WNDR3400v3 running firmware versions 1.0.1.8 and earlier
- WNDR4500v2 running firmware versions 1.0.0.62 and earlier

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor released updates on affected platforms accordingly.

References:

https://kb.NETGEAR.com/000045848/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-and-File-Access-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-0677