CVE-2007-4915 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-09-17

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 82.5% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa_webserver:0.93.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82494.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542

History

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Subscriptions

Boa Boa Webserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-17T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:34.025Z

Reserved: 2007-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4915

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-17T17:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4915

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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