NETGEAR FVS318N Firewall Firmware 4.3.4-1 Download

Posted at April 28, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

NETGEAR FVS318N Firewall Firmware 4.3.4-1 Description

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed an issue where the user cannot browse the web pages if traffic meter is disabled when switching connection between FVS318N AP and FVS318N LAN interface connected APs.
- Fixed the issue where the web interfaces are vulnerable to SQL injection, HTTP header injection, and Cross-Site Scripting.
- Fixed the issue where only a maximum of 10 wireless clients are allowed at the same time.
- Fixed the issue where the logs are not displayed properly in the GUI and on Syslog server.
- Fixed the issue where the GUI does not display the L2TP active users.
- Fixed DHCP relay issues.
- Fixed the issue where the IPsec VPN is disconnecting from the client even when the IPsec VPN tunnel shows as established with the Fortigate Firewall.
- Fixed the issue where the Firewall Rules do not work when MAC Filtering is enabled and a MAC address is added.
- Fixed the issue when a schedule is set to "Daily or Weekly", and the time to 12:00 AM, it always switched back to 1:00 PM.
- Fixed an issue for client to gateway VPN, in changing WAN IP as Local Identifier in IPsec settings.
- Fixed the issue where the firewall logs contain incomplete logs messages.
- Fixed the issue where the device is vulnerable to CVE-2012-5958 and CVE-2012-5959.
- Fixed the issue when using wizard configuring, remote IP has .0 in fourth octet which is not allowed.

Known Issues and limitations:

- Unable to add IP address or network in by source IP address page. 
- Observed inconsistent behavior with voice traffic when server is lying in LAN and DMZ side.
- Device showing blank certificate when subject name is having successive commas.
- For the port speeds 10Base T FULL_Duplex and 100Base T FULL_Duplex, the duplex setting is showing as half.
- [CLI]Able to add 2 mode config records with same pool start IP and end IP.
- Device is accepting same Local and Remote LAN IP in manual tunnel.
- When "Disable Ping Reply on LAN Ports" is enabled the WAN IP of router is not reachable from the LAN host.
- No NAT translation of SIP headers during REGISTER, outbound call and SDP.
- There is no validation for SIIT Address field.
- IPv6 IPSec client tunnel is not getting established in main mode.
- Device is not accepting the static route for the network 0.0.0.0 on LAN or VLAN interface.
- [IPv6]Unable to run IPERF-UDP and FTP traffic from LAN to WAN on SIIT tunnel.
- Stun packets are getting dropped in SIP module.
- Device IPv6 WAN is not getting RADvD IP address when Router's MAC Address is configured for "Use this computer's MAC Address" or "Use this MAC Address".
- [CLI]There are no proper validations for the domain name in CLI.
- [CLI]schedules are not getting edited properly from CLI.
- Able to see wireless logs with "local wireless" tag and with "kernal kernal" tag.
- After Successful connection through WPS PIN method, status message is not correct.

Note:

- Support 50 VoIP phone calls.
- Supported characters: `~!#$&*()-+|;:' " < > and space. Restricted these characters in password fields due to security reasons [to avoid the SQL attacks etc.,].

Installation Instructions:

- Download and extract the new firmware to a convenient place such as your desktop.
- Reboot the firewall before beginning the update process.
- Select Administration > Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade from the main/submenu.
- In the Router Upgrade section, click Browse.
- Locate the downloaded file and click Upload.
- This will start the software upgrade to your VPN firewall. This may take some time. Do not interrupt the upgrade process.
- At the conclusion of the upgrade, your firewall will reboot.

About Gateway Firmware:

By applying this firmware, your gateway can receives fixes for various vulnerability issues, support for newly developed technologies, several authentication-related enhancements, as well as other changes.

However, due to the wide variety of gateway models, as well as the large number of manufacturers, in order to perform a firmware update properly, it would be best if you read and understand the installation steps of this specific model.

In addition to that, it is also recommend that this process be initiated in a steady power environment, and only when you have completely familiarized yourself with the upgrade procedure.

Bear in mind that failing to perform a successful update or interrupting the firmware installation in any way can cause serious malfunctions to the gateway, and might even render it unusable.

Therefore, if you intend to install this version, click the download button and apply it to the gateway. To stay up to date with new releases, all you have to do is check back with our website as often as possible.   

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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