CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-14420 — The D-Link NPAPI extension, as used on D-Link DIR-850L REV
The D-Link NPAPI extension, as used on D-Link DIR-850L REV. A (with firmware through FW114WWb07_h2ab_beta1) and REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices, does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.1)
- Published
- 2017-09-13
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Affected products
- dlink / dir-850l_firmware
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Matched remediation archetype
Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation
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Check exposure
- Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
- Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
- Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.
Remediate safely
- Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
- Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
- Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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