Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Linksys Patch Available
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 11:50 AM
Ed posted last week that Linksys Routers were open to vulnerability when subject to a buffer overflow attack. The Inquirer has just put up a story about the patches being available. There's more than just a fix for the BOOTP issue and the full list of fixes is shown below:
Firmware upgrades for the following devices: BEFSR11, BEFSR41, BEFSR81, BEFSRU31, BEFW11S4 (except Version 1), can be found here. Still, better late than never eh! :wink:
- Fixed CGI string attacks issue
Fixed UPnP on Windows XP SP2 issue
Fixed One way audio issue
Fixed NAT-T issue for some VPN connection
Fixed DHCP server revision, fill the siaddr to the server address
Fixed DHCP (BOOTP) vulnerability issue
Added Filter IDENT(port 113) to appear stealth when scanned
Added DHCP option 55 support
Fixed buffer leakage bug
Modified TCP Support RFC 3360 standard
Modified PPPoE/L2TP/PPTP fragmentation supports fragmenting 1 packet into more than 3.
Modified MTU/MRU function for better handling
Firmware upgrades for the following devices: BEFSR11, BEFSR41, BEFSR81, BEFSRU31, BEFW11S4 (except Version 1), can be found here. Still, better late than never eh! :wink:
