NETGEAR RAX30 cmsCli_authenticate Buffer Overflow RCE (telnetd)
CVE-2023-34285 Published on May 3, 2024
NETGEAR RAX30 cmsCli_authenticate Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
CVE-2023-34285 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-34285
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Affected Versions
NETGEAR RAX30:- Version 1.0.9.92_1 is affected.
- Version - is affected.
Exploit Probability
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