[Japanese]

JVNDB-2016-000061

WN-GDN/R3 Series does not limit authentication attempts

Overview

WN-GDN/R3 Series provided by I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. does not limit authentication attempts.

WN-GDN/R3 series provided by I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. is a wireless LAN router. WPS functionality in WN-GDN/R3 Series does not limit PIN authentication attempts, making it susceptible to brute force attacks.

Takeshi Okamoto of Kanagawa Institute of Technology and Takaaki Minegishi reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.3 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Adjacent Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None
CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 3.3 (Low) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Adjacent Network
  • Access Complexity: Low
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None
Affected Products


I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
  • WN-GDN/R3
  • WN-GDN/R3-C
  • WN-GDN/R3-S
  • WN-GDN/R3-U

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker within wireless range of the device may perform a brute force attack to recover the PIN. Using the recovered PIN, the attacker may gain access to the network.
Solution

[Apply a Workaround]
The following workaround will mitigate this vulnerability.

* Disable the WPS functionality
Vendor Information

I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. Improper Authentication(CWE-287) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2016-1206
References

  1. JVN : JVN#25674893
  2. JVN : JVNVU#723755 (in Japanese)
  3. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2016-1206
Revision History

  • [2016/05/12]
      Web page was published
    [2016/06/01]
      References : Content was added