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Mar 26, 2018

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Avast Vulnerability Catalogue ID CVE-2017-14491 for the Nighthawk R7000 ac1900 dualband wifi router

I have got this report from Avast and Bitdefender after scanning my network and i have the latest firmware for my router. Any ideas if Netgear is working on a firmware update f...

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schumaku
Aug 13, 2018
For the subject CVE-2017-14491 plus a few more items to address should be 2.78 or higher. Check http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG

JamesGL

Master

Mar 30, 2018

Hi schumaku,

NETGEAR is working on any reported vulnerability issue.

Hi Megarock,

Please submit it here.

https://www.netgear.com/about/security/default.aspx

schumaku

Guru

Mar 30, 2018

JamesGLwrote:
NETGEAR is working on any reported vulnerability issue.

We expect Netgear does update Open Source packets on these product on a regaular base, and not wait unil vulnerability reports are in the public (dnsmasq was updated almost half a year ago to address this vulnerability!!!), or 3rd party applications complain about features soon no longer supported (see all the OpenVPN warnings, current OpenSSL and updating the certificates would have saved virtually hundreds pf posts). Proactively handling - not sleeping. It's simply ignorant and leave a very bad impression on the Netgear brand.