Denial of service in SonicWall Switch

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU54623

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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: before 1.1.0.0-11s

External links

http://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).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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