CVE-2004-2549

Public Exploit

Description

Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.82% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009294	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9787	vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15373	vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html	mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/4128	vdb entry
http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/11034	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-2549?: CVE-2004-2549 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-2549?: To fix CVE-2004-2549, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-2549 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-2549 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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