FKIE_CVE-2007-4915

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-17 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3151
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/SN-2007-02.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2007-02.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479434/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25676
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4542
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
boa boa_webserver 0.93.15
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