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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

22 Jun 2021, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-835
CPE cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-rr5j-j8m8-fc4f - Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.8
v3 : 7.5

18 Jun 2021, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-06-18 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-21279

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21279


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Products Affected

contiki-ng

  • contiki-ng
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')