CVE-2021-22642 Ovarro TBox Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can crash the Ovarro TBox system by sending specially crafted invalid Modbus frames, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22642?

CVE-2021-22642 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ovarro TBox, published on 28 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An attacker could use specially crafted invalid Modbus frames to crash the Ovarro TBox system.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22642?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Ovarro Tbox Lt2-530 Firmware, Ovarro Tbox Lt2-532 Firmware, Ovarro Tbox Lt2-540 Firmware, Ovarro Tbox Ms-Cpu32-S2 Firmware, Ovarro Tbox Ms-Cpu32 Firmware, Ovarro Tbox Rm2 Firmware and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-22642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f83w-fm29-6mfh.

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