Researchers Detail Sierra Wireless Router Bugs

Researchers are detailing 21 recently patched vulnerabilities that impact certain Sierra Wireless routers, including one critical-severity and nine high-severity flaws.

The flaws are in Sierra Wireless AirLink routers and stem from various open source components used in the routers, like an open source captive portal called OpenNDS and an open source XML document parser called TinyXML, which is also an abandoned project. If exploited, the bugs can have several potential impacts, from allowing attackers to steal credentials to enabling them …

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