http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_router_vuln/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 21st July 2009 A hacker has discovered a critical vulnerability in open-source firmware available for wireless routers made my Linksys and other manufacturers that allows attackers to remotely penetrate the device and take full control of it. The remote root vulnerability affects the most recent version of DD-WRT, a piece of firmware many router users install to give their device capabilities not available by default. The bug allows unauthenticated users to remotely gain root access simply by luring someone on the local network to a malicious website. "This means someone can even post some crafted [img] link on a forum and a dd-wrt router owner visiting the forum will get owned," a user named Leka Vecher "gat3way" wrote in this posting to Milw0rm. "A weird vulnerability you're unlikely to see in 2009 :) Quite embarrassing I would say." Messages sent through the DD-WRT website to the software designers weren't returned by time of publication, but comments posted to this user forum thread said the vulnerability affected the most recent builds, prompting a user by the name of autobot to declare the vulnerability a "mini code red." [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Network with 4,000+ delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Tue Jul 21 2009 - 23:45:42 PDT
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