Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2022-20708)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-03-03 · CVE-2022-20708
A vulnerability in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following: Execute arbitrary code elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands, bypass authentication and authorization protections, fetch and run unsigned software, or cause a denial of service (DoS). CISA added CVE-2022-20708 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 3, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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