6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-4209
GnuTLS NULL Pointer Dereference and Nettle Hash Update Denial of Service
Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettle's hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2022, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-4209 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-4209 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp active_iq_unified_manager
2 Netapp solidfire_\&_hci_management_node
3 Netapp hci_compute_node
4 Netapp hci_bootstrap_os
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Gnu gnutls
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Dockerfile Roff Java

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 7, 2024, 8:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 127 different CVEs too.

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Shell

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 24, 2021, 12:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-4209 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-4209 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4209
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044156
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1306
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/merge_requests/1503
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0005/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0005/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4209 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4209 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044156 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044156 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/3db352734472d851318944db13be73da61300568 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1306 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1306 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/merge_requests/1503 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/merge_requests/1503 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.7.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} -0.04%

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0.54468

percentile

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