Denial of service in SonicWall Switch

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU54623

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20024

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when handling LLDP Protocol. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted traffic to the device, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

The following models are affected:

SWS14-48FPOE, SWS14-48, SWS14-24FPOE, SWS14-24, SWS12-10FPOE, SWS12-8POE, SWS12-8

Vulnerable software versions

SonicWall Switch: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:sonicwall:sonicwall_switch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2021-0011

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.