#VU50245 Infinite loop in OpenWrt

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#VU50245 Infinite loop in OpenWrt

Published: February 2, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50245
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenWrt
Software vendor:
openwrt.org

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing IPv6 packets on point-to-point links in netifd and odhcp6c packages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet and and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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