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GPON ONT Home Gateway Remote Enabling of Telnet (CVE-2019-3917)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124240

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in GPON ONT Home Gateway web API. The API exposes a HTTP endpoint which when requested by an attacker starts the telnetd daemon on the device.

Solution

Consult your vendor for a patch or a workaround.

See Also

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124240

File Name: gpon_cve-2019-3917.nbin

Version: 1.67

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/24/2019

Updated: 4/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3917

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:dasannetworks:gpon_router

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GPON HG

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3917