[SA] Security Advisory - Zyxel security advisory for post-authentication command injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in GS1900 series switches

Zyxel security advisory for post-authentication command injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in GS1900 series switches

CVEs: CVE-2024-8881, CVE-2024-8882

Summary

Zyxel has released patches for GS1900 series switches affected by post-authentication command injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Users are advised to install them for optimal protection.

What are the vulnerabilities?

CVE-2024-8881

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the CGI program in the Zyxel GS1900 series switches firmware could allow an authenticated, LAN-based attacker with administrator privileges to execute some operating system (OS) commands on an affected device by sending a crafted HTTP request.

CVE-2024-8882

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the CGI program in the Zyxel GS1900 series switches firmware could allow an authenticated, LAN-based attacker with administrator privileges to cause denial of service (DoS) conditions via a crafted URL.

What versions are vulnerable—and what should you do?

After a thorough investigation, we have identified the vulnerable products that are within their vulnerability support period, with their firmware patches shown in the table below.


Affected model
Affected version Patch availability
GS1900-8 V2.80(AAHH.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHH.0)C0
GS1900-8HP V2.80(AAHI.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHI.0)C0
GS1900-10HP V2.80(AAZI.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAZI.0)C0
GS1900-16 V2.80(AAHJ.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHJ.0)C0
GS1900-24 V2.80(AAHL.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHL.0)C0
GS1900-24E V2.80(AAHK.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHK.0)C0
GS1900-24EP V2.80(ABTO.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(ABTO.0)C0
GS1900-24HPv2 V2.80(ABTP.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(ABTP.0)C0
GS1900-48 V2.80(AAHN.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(AAHN.0)C0
GS1900-48HPv2 V2.80(ABTQ.1)C0 and earlier V2.90(ABTQ.0)C0

Got a question?

Please contact your local service rep or visit Zyxel’s Community for further information or assistance.

Acknowledgement

Thanks to the following security researchers:

  • Chengchao Ai from the ROIS team of Fuzhou University for CVE-2024-8881
  • Xing Yang from the ROIS team of Fuzhou University for CVE-2024-8882

Revision history

2024-11-12: Initial release

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