CVE-2004-2549 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.47% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nortel | wlan access point 2220 |
| nortel | wlan access point 2221 |
| nortel | wlan access point 2225 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nortel Wireless LAN Access Point 2200 Series - Denial of Service | 2004-03-02 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11034
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009294
- http://www.osvdb.org/4128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9787
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15373
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11034
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009294
- http://www.osvdb.org/4128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9787
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15373
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