Secunia Security Advisory - Lyndon Dubeau has reported a security issue in NetGear FWAG114 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious people to read or manipulate configuration information. The problem is that it is not possible to disable the SNMP service nor change the default SNMP community strings. The problem has been reported in firmware release 1.0.26RC4. Other versions may also be affected.
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TITLE:
NetGear FWAG114 Default SNMP Community Strings Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13065
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13065/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of system information, Exposure of
sensitive information
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
NetGear FWAG114 ProSafe Wireless VPN Firewall 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4201/
DESCRIPTION:
Lyndon Dubeau has reported a security issue in NetGear FWAG114
ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall, which can be exploited by
malicious people to read or manipulate configuration information.
The problem is that it is not possible to disable the SNMP service
nor change the default SNMP community strings.
The problem has been reported in firmware release 1.0.26RC4. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Block traffic to the SNMP service.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Lyndon Dubeau
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