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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2008-2636

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

The HTTP service on the Cisco Linksys WRH54G with firmware 1.01.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (management interface outage) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URI that begins with a "/./" sequence, contains many instances of a "front_page" sequence, and ends with a ".asp" sequence.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published