Four-Year-Old Critical Linux Wi-Fi Bug Allows System Compromise

A critical Linux bug has been discovered that could allow attackers to fully compromise vulnerable machines. A fix has been proposed but has not yet been incorporated into the Linux kernel. The flaw CVE-2019-17666, which was classified as critical in severity, exists in the “rtlwifi” driver, whic...

USN-4157-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-14814, CVE-2019-14815,...

Ubuntu 19.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4157-1)

Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-14814, CVE-2019-14815,...

CVE-2019-17356

The Infinite Design application 3.4.12 for Android sends a username and password via TCP without any encryption during login, as demonstrated by sniffing of a public Wi-Fi network...

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The Infinite Design application 3.4.12 for Android sends a username and password via TCP without any encryption during login, as demonstrated by sniffing of a public Wi-Fi network...

CVE-2019-17356

The Infinite Design application 3.4.12 for Android sends a username and password via TCP without any encryption during login, as demonstrated by sniffing of a public Wi-Fi network...

CVE-2019-12941

AutoPi Wi-Fi/NB and 4G/LTE devices before 2019-10-15 allows an attacker to perform a brute-force attack or dictionary attack to gain access to the WiFi network, which provides root access to the device. The default WiFi password and WiFi SSID are derived from the same hash function output input i...

CVE-2019-17505

D-Link DAP-1320 A2-V1.21 routers have some web interfaces without authentication requirements, as demonstrated by uplinkinfo.xml. An attacker can remotely obtain a user's Wi-Fi SSID and password, which could be used to connect to Wi-Fi or perform a dictionary attack...

Authentication flaw

D-Link DAP-1320 A2-V1.21 routers have some web interfaces without authentication requirements, as demonstrated by uplinkinfo.xml. An attacker can remotely obtain a user's Wi-Fi SSID and password, which could be used to connect to Wi-Fi or perform a dictionary attack...

CVE-2019-17505

D-Link DAP-1320 A2-V1.21 routers have some web interfaces without authentication requirements, as demonstrated by uplinkinfo.xml. An attacker can remotely obtain a user's Wi-Fi SSID and password, which could be used to connect to Wi-Fi or perform a dictionary attack...

CVE-2019-17505

CVE-2019-17505 affects the D-Link DAP-1320 A2-V1.21 wireless range extender. The vulnerability arises from web interfaces that do not require authentication, enabling remote retrieval of the Wi‑Fi SSID and password (via uplink_info.xml). Impact is information disclosure of credentials, with CVSS ...

Wi-Fi Hotspot Tracking

Free Wi-Fi hotspots can track your location, even if you don't connect to them. This is because your phone or computer broadcasts a unique MAC address. What distinguishes location-based marketing hotspot providers like Zenreach and Euclid is that the personal information you enter in the captive...

CVE-2017-13080

A new exploitation technique called key reinstallation attacks KRACK affecting WPA2 has been discovered. A remote attacker within Wi-Fi range could exploit this attack to decrypt Wi-Fi traffic or possibly inject forged Wi-Fi packets by reinstalling a previously used group key GTK during a group k...

Explained: war shipping

Yesterday, Mike from the mailroom came up and asked whether I knew anyone called “Simon Smith.” He received an envelope addressed to our company and to the attention of Mr. Smith, but there was no one by that name on his list of employees. It wasn’t on mine either and HR was unaware of a person b...

How to avoid getting caught in a “Groundhog Day” loop of security issues

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and it made me think about one of my favorite movies, called Groundhog Day. Have you ever seen it? Bill Murray is the cynical weatherman, Phil Connors, who gets stuck in an endless loop where he repeats the same day over and over again until he “participates in...

CVE-2019-13336

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

Authentication flaw

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

CVE-2019-13336

The dbell Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01-S Gen 1 allows remote attackers to launch commands with no authentication verification via TCP port 81, because the loginuse and loginpass parameters to openlock.cgi can have arbitrary values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this product reached end o...

CVE-2019-13336

The CVE-2019-13336 issue affects the dbell Wi‑Fi Smart Video Doorbell DB01‑S Gen 1. The vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute commands without authentication via TCP port 81 because the loginuse/loginpass values sent to openlock.cgi can be arbitrary. Impact is described in sources as ...

CVE-2017-13077

A new exploitation technique called key reinstallation attacks KRACKs affecting WPA2 has been discovered. A remote attacker within Wi-Fi range could exploit this attack to decrypt Wi-Fi traffic or possibly inject forged Wi-Fi packets by reinstalling a previously used pairwise key PTK-TK during a...