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Re: SNMP community string disclosure in Linksys WAP55AG

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hugo van der Kooij)
Thu Feb 19 19:29:17 2004

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:14:07 +0100 (CET)
From: Hugo van der Kooij <hvdkooij@vanderkooij.org>
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2004, NN Poster wrote:

> Linksys WAP55AG does not properly secure SNMP community strings. In particular, it is possible to obtain all community strings, including read/write, by querying OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.3955.2.1.13.1.2.
>
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.3955.2.1.13.1.2.1 = STRING: "public"
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.3955.2.1.13.1.2.2 = STRING: "private"
>
> Verified on WAP55AG, firmware 1.07

But ... Can you obtain this information without a valid community string?

Hugo.

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