CVE - CVE-2007-4915

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4915	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Intersil isl3893 extensions for Boa 0.93.15, as used on the FreeLan RO80211G-AP and other devices, do not prevent stack writes from entering memory locations used for string constants, which allows remote attackers to change the admin password stored in memory via a long username in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.
References
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BID:25676 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676 BUGTRAQ:20070913 Boa (with Intersil Extensions) - HTTP Basic Authentication Bypass URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20080301 The Router Hacking Challenge is Over! URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded EXPLOIT-DB:4542 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542 MISC:http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/ MISC:http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt MISC:http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt SREASON:3151 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070917	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070917)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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