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beshoe25
Initiate
Mar 10, 2018

Vulnerability Catalogue ID CVE-2017-14491

AVAST Network Scan shows this Vulnerability ID I have the latest firmware on both satillites and router by this persistes, any idea how to fix this issue? Is there a setting in the router that I can...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 20, 2018

Have you been in conact with NG support about this? Might see if there is any more information on this or ask about using a Beta FW. 

beshoe25wrote:

AVAST Network Scan shows this Vulnerability ID

I have the latest firmware on both satillites and router by this persistes, any idea how to fix this issue? Is there a setting in the router that I can change? Or am I at the mercey of Netgear to make a new firmware update? 

 

Unknown

The device is vulnerable to hacker attacks. For more info see the corresponding vulnerability ID. An upgrade of the device's software/firmware may fix the issue. 

Vulnerability ID:

CVE-2017-14491

IP Address:

**********

 

  • beshoe25's avatar
    beshoe25
    Initiate
    Mar 20, 2018

    Yes I've been asking them to keep me updated.  They said there aware of the issue and are working on it. Hopefully that's true. I'll have to ask if they have a beta version. Thanks for the information and I'll keep you posted. 

    • FURRYe38's avatar
      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Mar 20, 2018

      Good Luck.