Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in TP-Link TL-R600VPN HTTP Server
CVE-2018-3948

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Tp-link
Status
Tp-link
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 November 2018

What is CVE-2018-3948?

A denial-of-service issue has been identified in the URI-parsing capabilities of the TP-Link TL-R600VPN HTTP server. Malicious actors can exploit this vulnerability by crafting specific URLs that, when processed by the server, lead to an unresponsive state. This can result in significant downtime for the management portal, affecting any operations reliant on the device. Both unauthenticated and authenticated users can trigger this issue through specially designed web requests.

Affected Version(s)

TP-Link TP-Link TL-R600VPN HWv3 FRNv1.3.0 TP-Link TL-R600VPN HWv2 FRNv1.2.3

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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