__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN NETGEAR WG602 Wireless Access Point Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability [WG602 Access Point Security Alert] June 10, 2004 20:00 GMT Number O-159 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The WG602 wireless access point device prior to version 2 contains a default administration account that cannot be disabled. PLATFORM: NETGEAR WG602, versions prior to 2 DAMAGE: A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the device and modify the device’s configuration. SOLUTION: Apply security updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is HIGH. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an ASSESSMENT: attacker full access to the network device through both wired and wireless access points. Note that the attacker may gain access to the device only, not the systems on the network. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-159.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101383.asp ADDITIONAL LINK: ISS XForce Security Alert#16312 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16312 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start WG602 Access Point Security Alert *****] WG602 Access Point Security Alert The WG602 (aka WG602v1) access point has a critical security vulnerability. Later version WG602v2 is not affected. If you have the earlier access point, upgrade the firmware as soon as you can. The WG602v1 is distinguished from the WG602v2 by the bottom label. In the earlier firmware for WG602v1, there is a "back door" password account for the configuration of the access point which would make it possible for hackers to get access to your network. (If WEP is turned on, the hacker would also need to break the WEP security.) NETGEAR has withdrawn the vulnerable firmware from online distribution. [***** End WG602 Access Point Security Alert *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of NETGEAR for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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