Tp-link fixes code execution vulnerability in end-of-life routers

[frogboy]

Router manufacturer TP-Link recently fixed a vulnerability in a discontinued line of routers that if exploited could have been used to execute code on the device.

Researchers at

Senrio, a firm that specializes in IoT security, uncovered a logic vulnerability in a configuration service present in TP-Link’s PTWR841N V8 router models.

Read More. TP-Link Fixes Code Execution Vulnerability in End-of-Life Routers

 

[ravi prakash saini]

sadly more than 90% user do not know how to update firmware

 

[brambedkar59]

sadly more than 90% user do not know how to update firmware

And a very large portion of those 90% don't even know what firmware is, so......

 

[Winter Soldier]

And the remaining 10% know what is the firmware, they know that it has to be constantly updated, but ... often they forget it

 

[brambedkar59]

And the remaining 10% know what is the firmware, they know that it has to be constantly updated, but ... often they forget it

Haha, so true. I guess I am one of them.
When I bought my TP Link wr841n router, I checked if there were any updates available at the time, there weren't any. After that I didn't thought of updating it. So I guess the update mechanism should atleast be made so that end user can even know that updates are available for their device.
And thanks to MT now I know about the update.
Edit: typo corrected

 

[Winter Soldier]

Haha, so true. I guess I am one of them.
When I bought my TP Link wr841n router, I checked if there were any updates available at the time, there weren't any. After that I didn't thought of updating it. So I guess the update mechanism should atleast be made so that end user can even know that updates are available for their device.
And thanks to MT now I know about the update.
Edit: typo corrected

My Netgear shows the update availability in the web command interface, but I often forget to access the interface

 

[brambedkar59]

My Netgear shows the update availability in the web command interface, but I often forget to access the interface

You are not a thrill seeker, are you? Living on the edge
Mine doesn't show about any updates on the web console. That should be a standard feature on all the routers/network devices.

 

[Winter Soldier]

You are not a thrill seeker, are you? Living on the edge
Mine doesn't show about any updates on the web console. That should be a standard feature on all the routers/network devices.

Haha really I'm losing shots, that is the real problem