CVE-2005-4257 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linksys WRT54GS and BEFW11S4 devices. Remote attackers can crash these devices by sending a specially crafted IP packet, known as a LAND attack, which has identical source and destination IPs and ports, along with the SYN flag set. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.43.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.43.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befw11s4_v3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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