PT-2018-13835
CVE-2018-17015
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Published
2018-09-13
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Updated
2020-08-24
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
TP-Link TL-WR886N versions 6.0 2.3.4 through 7.0 1.1.0
Description
An issue allows authenticated attackers to crash router services, including inetd, HTTP, DNS, and UPnP, by sending long JSON data for the
phddns username.Recommendations
For TP-Link TL-WR886N versions 6.0 2.3.4 through 7.0 1.1.0, consider restricting access to the
phddns service until a patch is available.
As a temporary workaround, limit the length of JSON data accepted for the username variable in the phddns service to prevent service crashes. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾