CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-21279

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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-06-18 09:15

Updated : 2021-06-22 07:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-21279

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21279

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-835