CVE-2019-11060 — The web api server on Port 8080 of ASUS HG100 firmware up to 1

The web api server on Port 8080 of ASUS HG100 firmware up to 1.05.12, which is vulnerable to Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: an attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly to keep HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a lon

01What is this vulnerability?

The web api server on Port 8080 of ASUS HG100 firmware up to 1.05.12, which is vulnerable to Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service: an attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending headers very slowly to keep HTTP or HTTPS connections and associated resources alive for a long period of time. CVSS 3.0 Base score 7.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS vector…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ASUS	HG100 firmware	up to 1.05.12

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-29T00:19:45.655Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T17:49:18.209Z

09References

• tvn.twcert.org.tw — https://tvn.twcert.org.tw/taiwanvn/TVN-201906002
• surl.twcert.org.tw — http://surl.twcert.org.tw/aarVJ
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46720