Year: 2017

New vulnerability found in Netgear Routers and Modems

A new vulnerability has been discovered in all Netgear Routers and Modems, which could let a hacker gain control of a network and install a botnet, or even gain control of an entire network.

The issue has already been submitted to the U.S. government's National Vulnerability Database, and acknowledged by Netgear, which has put up a list of exposed models. The company has also issued updated firmware which should close the vulnerability, but only on some devices.

The full list of patched hardware includes:

    • R8500
    • R8300
    • R7000
    • R6400
    • R7300DST
    • R7100LG
    • R6300v2
    • WNDR3400v3
    • WNR3500Lv2
    • R6250
    • R6700
    • R6900
    • R8000
    • R7900
    • WNDR4500v2
    • R6200v2
    • WNDR3400v2
    • D6220
    • D6400
    • C6300

(available via ISPs)

Still unpatched are the following routers and DSL gateways:

  • R6200
  • R6300
  • VEGN2610
  • AC1450
  • WNR1000v3
  • WNDR3700v3
  • WNDR4000
  • WNDR4500
  • D6300
  • D6300B
  • DGN200Bv4
  • DGN2200v4

For some routers, Netgear is asking customers to manually enable password recovery, disable remote management until a fix can be developed and be made available to customers.

For more information, go to the Netgear Support page.

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