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NETGEAR Routers and CVE-2016-582384 security vulnerability
I am a bit concerned about this recent article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/two-netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-trivial-to-remote-hack/ https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384 Details: Overview Net...
NETGEAR is aware of the security issue #582384 affecting R6250, R6400, R6700, R6900, R7000, R7100LG, R7300DST, R7900, R8000, D6220, D6400 routers. Stay updated here: http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384We now have beta firmware containing fixes for some affected models.
We're working hard on fixes for the other affected models and will update the security ticket above soon.
**** UPDATE from NETGEAR - Added by ChristineT on 12/15/16 at 10:30 AM PST ****
To our NETGEAR Community, we sincerely apologize for any complications you may have encountered due to the recently publicized vulnerability, referred to as VU 582384. We initially became aware of this vulnerability last Friday when CERT emailed us, and because we had no record of a prior report, we began our standard process of validation prior to making any public statements.
Once it had been disclosed that the first notification actually occurred in August, we conducted a search and confirmed this was the case. Admittedly, this was an oversight on our part. While no security reporting system is perfect, we aim to do better, and are evaluating how to improve our response process.
NETGEAR has created a channel for security researchers and other members of the public to contact us regarding potential security issues affecting NETGEAR products (security@netgear.com), which is publicly disclosed from the NETGEAR Product Security Advisory page. We receive numerous emails through this channel, the overwhelming majority of which, on review, do not raise product security issues. When we do recognize that there is a security risk to our customers, we work diligently to address them in a timely manner, as we have done in this case since learning about it last Friday.
Security Advisory for VU 582384 knowledgebase article.
NETGEAR Product Security Advisory page.
SeaSalt, I gave up on actual support from netgear and flashed my device with DD-WRT. At least I get actual support from the OpenSource community... You would figure that a company who actually makes money on a product would take support of their product more seriously than someone doing the job in their spare time for free... but apparently that is not the case. I owned the device less than a year and after spending a decent amount of money on it I had to wash my hands of the vendor... talk about disappointing!
Yeah, this is the last Netgear product I'll ever buy.
I save my money to finally buy a nice premium router for my home, and this is the kind of treatment I get?
meetloaf we've already released beta firmware for your R7000 with a fix.
Netgear has had since August to address this issue and has done nothing. Anyone still using stock firmware is being foolhardy, Netgear has shown themselves to be inept and uncaring about their exisitng customer base. Here is the scoop from Toms Hardware;
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/netgear-critical-security-vulnerability-router,33173.html
Again, I recommend to all R7000 customers that they download and install the Asus-Wrt firmware referenced earlier in this thread.
Gandolph wrote:Netgear has had since August to address this issue and has done nothing.
How do you know that? It would be interesting to have evidence.
