Vulnerability In Linksys Cable/DSL Router

ispcay writes "Yahoo has published an article on a Linksys vulnerability. An easily exploitable software vulnerability in a common home networking router by Linksys Group could expose thousands of home users to denial of service attacks, according to a security advisory issued by iDefense, a software security company." The article's kinda sparse on details, but does mention that the vulnerability is fixed in the latest firmware release. Upgrade 'em if ya got 'em!

Upgrade Firmware

[moertle]

after everyone who knows what they are doing flashes their firmware, 99.9% of routers will remain vulnerable...

Hillary Rosen

[CatWrangler]

I am sure not a single hacker out there is going to investigate if Hillary Rosen has upgraded her software, and if they did so, it would only be to test her system, due to concern for her security and to warn her of possible problems.

Only DOS Attacks? Could be worse.

[Guido69]

If anyone hears reports of the '41 being subject to ME or XP attacks, please post. For now...well... I've never been afraid of a couple of backslashes or a c:\.

in a related story .....

[frovingslosh]

If you leave your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition in N.Y.C., it's at risk.

What a lame report! The sparse on details is that the remote management feature is not enabled by default. Well, doh!, if I turn on remote management someone can get in and affect my system (particularly if I don't change the password). Imagine that!

Re:Hillary Rosen

[Speare]

Actually, I think Hilary has a copy of one of my copyrighted files. Yeah, that's it. And she might be copying it to Ashcroft. Uh huh. And with the latest push towards allowing copyright owners to become vigilan^W self-reliant, then I (or any designated third party) can and should ensure that their machines are unable to propagate their nefarious activities.

Re:DOS attack easily resolved by resetting device

[AndroidCat]

No way! You saw Computer Boy too? [ifilm.com]