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Netgear users advised to stop using affected routers after severe flaw found

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"Anyone can exploit the flaw after the exploit code was published."


"Two leading Netgear routers are vulnerable to a severe security flaw.
An advisory posted on Friday in Carnegie Mellon University's public vulnerability database (CERT) said that Netgear's R7000 and R6400 routers, running current and recent firmware respectively, are vulnerable to an arbitrary command injection flaw.

If exploited, the vulnerability could let an unauthenticated attacker run commands with root privileges.

The code to exploit the vulnerability -- effectively just a URL -- has been released publicly, allowing anyone to carry out attacks.

An attacker would have to trick a user into visiting a website that contains the code, such as an invisible web frame, to exploit the flaw. Adding commands to the router's IP address can open up ports on the router, such as Telnet.

The advisory said that other router models may be vulnerable.

CERT advised users to "strongly consider discontinuing use" of the devices until a fix is made available.

It's not clear how many users are affected by the flaw. A Netgear spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment at the time of writing.

Router flaws are increasingly being exploited by attackers, who use vulnerabilities to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to flood and overload networks with traffic.
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/two-netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-trivial-to-remote-hack/
 
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This is why I ditched consumer grade a long time ago. They are shit "routers" that are a joke.
 
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This is why https everywhere is so important I guess.
 
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Good info, this will come in handy. I'm using my ISP's cable 'gateway' as a bridge into a Netgear D6300 at the moment.
 

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And that makes you feel untouchable?
 
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And that makes you feel untouchable?
Less security issues and more f/w updates and also not running off the shelf shitty middleware by oems.
 

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In addition to my Modem/Router i have a Netgear Prosafe VPN Firewall FVS318N, more than enough.
 
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