Fortinet Discovers Stack Buffer Overflows in DGN2200/DGN2200B

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Netgear DGN2200.

Netgear is a global computer networking company based in San Jose, California, in the United States. It produces networking hardware for consumers, businesses, and service providers

There are multiple Common Gateway Interface (CGI) handlers that do not sanitize user input submitted directly via HTTP request that could lead to stack-based buffer overflow, which could result in remote code execution upon successful exploitation.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Netgear.DGN2200.Buffer.Overflow
Released Mar 15, 2018

Users should apply latest update from the vendor

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Netgear on 06, February 2018

Netgear confirmed the vulnerability on 09, February 2018

Netgear released patch for the vulnerability on 12, March 2019

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Wayne Low of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

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