CVE-2021-34979

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NETGEAR R6260 version 1.1.0.78 1.0.1 NETGEAR AC2100, AC2400, AC2600, R6020, R6080, R6120, R6330, R6350, R6700v2, R6800, R6850, R6900v2, R7200, R7350, R7400, R7450 (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SOAP requests, specifically when parsing the SOAPAction header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of root.

Recommendations For NETGEAR R6260 version 1.1.0.78 1.0.1, consider disabling the mini httpd service until a patch is available. For NETGEAR AC2100, AC2400, AC2600, R6020, R6080, R6120, R6330, R6350, R6700v2, R6800, R6850, R6900v2, R7200, R7350, R7400, R7450, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.