High severity · published May 3, 2024
CVE-2023-34285
NETGEAR RAX30 cmsCli_authenticate Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NETGEAR RAX30 cmsCli_authenticate 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 not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within a shared library used by the telnetd service, which listens on TCP port 23 by default. 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-19918.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
RAX30 · NETGEAR
1.0.9.92_1 · source: vendor, CISA
RF
Rax30 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.11.96_2_hotfix · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34285
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34285
Patch
https://kb.netgear.com/000065696/RAX30-Firmware-Version-1-0-11-96-Hot-Fix
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-839/
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