CVE-2021-21279
Contiki-NG IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Description
Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. In verions prior to 4.6, an attacker can perform a denial-of-service attack by triggering an infinite loop in the processing of IPv6 neighbor solicitation (NS) messages. This type of attack can effectively shut down the operation of the system because of the cooperative scheduling used for the main parts of Contiki-NG and its communication stack. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG 4.6. Users can apply the patch for this vulnerability out-of-band as a workaround.
INFO
Published Date :
June 18, 2021, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 22, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-21279.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f No Types Assigned https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.6
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-21279 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-21279
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.10 }} 0.01%
score
0.41066
percentile