Description
An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. It has a show_preauthpage NULL pointer dereference that can be triggered with a crafted GET HTTP with a missing User-Agent header. Triggering this issue results in crashing OpenNDS (a Denial-of-Service condition). This problem was fixed in OpenWrt master, OpenWrt 23.05 and OpenWrt 22.03 on 28. August 2023 by updating OpenNDS to version 10.1.3.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/openwrt/routing/commit/0b19771fb2dd81e7c428759610aed583171eed80
- https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006/#sthash.2vJg3d85.dpbs
- https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/openwrt/routing/commit/0b19771fb2dd81e7c428759610aed583171eed80
- https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006/#sthash.2vJg3d85.dpbs
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 17, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified