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Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As Synology explains in security advisories published two days after the flaws were demoed at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 to hijack a Synology BeeStation BST150-4T device, the security flaws enable remote attackers to gain remote code execution as root on vulnerable NAS appliances exposed online.

"The vulnerability was initially discovered, within just a few hours, as a replacement for another Pwn2Own submission. The issue was disclosed to Synology immediately after demonstration, and within 48 hours a patch was made available which resolves the vulnerability," Midnight Blue said.

From a different source:

Synology proactively sponsors and works with security researchers as part of product security initiatives. At this year's Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 event, which took place in late October, we successfully discovered and resolved multiple security vulnerabilities.

While these vulnerabilities are not being exploited, we recommend all Synology device administrators immediately take action to secure their systems by updating due to the scope and severity of specific issues.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Was it that the talk was a last minute change (replacing another scheduled talk) so the responsible disclosure was made in a rush without giving synology more time to provide the patch before the talk was presented?

If so, who decided it was a good idea to present something regarding a vulnerability without the fix being available yet?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

To be somewhat fair, if you're exposing these devices directly to the internet without even basic auth in front of them, you're a damn fool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Synology devices all have authentication enabled by default.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Basic auth keeps the actual login page from being accessed. Even having a login page accessible can lead to plenty of issues depending on your web framework. If you're doing this, you should be worried. If you don't even know what basic auth is, you should be really worried.

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