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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...
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
Case850 wrote:
Sounds reasonable because as per message 4, anything prior to V 2.78 has been indentified with vulnerabilities.
Question is when is Netgear going to fix it? They have known about this issue for some time.
RAJackson097 wrote:
Case850 wrote:
Sounds reasonable because as per message 4, anything prior to V 2.78 has been indentified with vulnerabilities.
Question is when is Netgear going to fix it? They have known about this issue for some time.
Netgear does not systematically monitor and update Open Source code on products under maintenance. And of course it's not about the Netgear customers reporting common known vulnerabilities to their security site (waste of time for everyone). Even worse, some community managers try to convince customers that the vulnerability does not apply or can't be (ab-)used.