CVE-2021-20236

A flaw was found in the ZeroMQ server in versions before 4.3.3. This flaw allows a malicious client to cause a stack buffer overflow on the server by sending crafted topic subscription requests and then unsubscribing. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921976	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/security/advisories/GHSA-qq65-x72m-9wr8	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:zeromq:zeromq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-05-28 11:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-20236

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20236

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-20236

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux
ceph_storage

zeromq

zeromq

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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