Acrowave AAP-3100AR wireless router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by pressing CTRL-C at the username or password prompt in a telnet session, which causes the shell to crash and restart, then leave the user in the new shell.

Acrowave AAP-3100AR wireless router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by pressing CTRL-C at the username or password prompt in a telnet session, which causes the shell to crash and restart, then leave the user in the new shell.

Acrowave AAP-3100AR wireless router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by pressing CTRL-C at the username or password prompt in a telnet session, which causes the shell to crash and restart, then leave the user in the new shell. Wlan Ap + Adsl Router is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

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TITLE: Acrowave AAP-3100AR Router Authentication Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA15343

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/15343/

CRITICAL: Less critical

IMPACT: Security Bypass

WHERE: >From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM: Acrowave AAP-3100AR Router http://secunia.com/product/5094/

DESCRIPTION: Martin Tornwall has reported a vulnerability in Acrowave AAP-3100AR Router, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the authentication process. This can be exploited to login without supplying a username and password by pressing CTRL-C.

SOLUTION: Filter access to the telnet interface.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Martin Tornwall

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