Plain text DDNS password in NetGear FM114P backups

From: Marc Ruef (marc.ruefat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 10:47:17 PDT

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    Hi!
    
    I was checking the vulnerability "NETGEAR FVS318 Firewall Router
    Username/Password Disclosure"[1] on my NetGear FM114P. My little box
    doesn't store the web login username and password in plain text.
    
    But the DDNS (DynDNS) account data is stored in plaintext; this problem
    seems to be existent up to Firmware 1.3 Release 05. Also some
    interesting informations like MAC address filtering table are stored in
    plain text.
    
    It could be that NetGear will encrypt the whole backup settings in an
    upcoming firmware to serve additional backup security.
    
    Bye, Marc
    
    [1] http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5TP0Y008AQ.html
    
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