VAR-200909-0397
Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-10 23:05Unspecified vulnerability on the ASUS WL-500W wireless router has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: as of 20090903, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes. Attackers can exploit these issues to completely compromise the vulnerable device; other attacks may also be possible. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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TITLE: ASUS WL-500W Wireless Router Two Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA36439
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/36439/
DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in ASUS WL-500W wireless router.
1) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
2) An unspecified error has an unknown impact.
SOLUTION: Due to the very limited available information, it is not possible to suggest an effective workaround.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported as modules included in VulnDisco Pack.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml
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