CVE-2022-4499
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-11 18:48
Modified
2024-08-03 01:41
Severity ?
Summary
TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.
References
cret@cert.orghttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TP-Link WR710N Version: V1-151022
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   TP-Link Archer C5 Version: V2_160221_US
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