github - ghsa-q8rg-vqgg-9pmq

ghsa-q8rg-vqgg-9pmq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-01-11 21:30

Modified

2023-01-19 18:30

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

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  "id": "GHSA-q8rg-vqgg-9pmq",
  "modified": "2023-01-19T18:30:23Z",
  "published": "2023-01-11T21:30:41Z",
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}

CVE-2022-4499 (GCVE-0-2022-4499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-01-11 18:48

Modified

2025-04-09 13:40

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-676

Summary

TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

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URL

Tags

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Version: V1-151022

Version: V2_160221_US

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