Denial of service in udisks



| Updated: 2022-06-08
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-3802
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
udisks
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Freedesktop.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU64024

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3802

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can input a specially crafted image file/USB and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

udisks: 2.6.4 - 2.9.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2003649
http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-045.txt


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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