Published:2014/12/18  Last Updated:2015/01/27

JVN#22440986
Multiple Allied Telesis products vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Multiple products provided by Allied Telesis Group contain a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Products Affected

The following products with the firmware version 2.9.1-20 and earlier are affected.

Routers

  • CentreCOM AR300 v2 (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR300L v2 (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR320 (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR410(S) v2 (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR720(S) (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR740(S) (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR450S (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM AR415S
  • CentreCOM AR550S
  • CentreCOM AR560S
  • CentreCOM AR570S
  • AR440S
  • AR441S
  • AR442S
  • AR745
  • AR750S
  • AR750S-DP
Switches
  • CentreCOM 8700XL Series (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 9812T Series (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 9816GB Series (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 9924Ts Series (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 9924T/4SP Series (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 9924SP (End of Support)
  • CentreCOM 8700SL Series
  • CentreCOM 8948XL Series
  • CentreCOM 8724SLv2
  • SwitchBlade4000
  • AT-8624T/2M
  • AT-8648T/2SP
  • AT-8624POE
  • AT-8848
  • AT-9924T
  • Rapier 48i

Description

AR Router Series and Alliedware switches provided by Allied Telesis Group contain a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-788) due to a flaw when processing a POST method.

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed when processing a specially crafted HTTP request.

Solution

Update the Firmware
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Apply a workaround
The following workaround may mitigate the affects of this vulnerability.

  • Disable HTTP services (use the command "DISABLE HTTP SERVER")
  • Restrict HTTP access

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Allied Telesis Group Vulnerable 2014/12/18 Allied Telesis Group website

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2014.12.18 (CVSS Base Metrics)

What is CVSS?

Measures Severity Description
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N) A vulnerability exploitable with network access means the vulnerable software is bound to the network stack and the attacker does not require local network access or local access. Such a vulnerability is often termed "remotely exploitable".
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L) Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist.
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N) Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C) There is a total shutdown of the affected resource.

Base Score:10.0

Credit

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2014-7249
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2014-000132

Update History

2015/01/27
Information under the section "Products Affected" was updated.