CVE-2021-29298 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service and application crash in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition via crafted traffic from a Man-in-the-Middle attack.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29298?
CVE-2021-29298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Input Validation in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and application crash via crafted traffic from a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack to the component "FrameworX.exe"in the module "fxVPStatcTcp.dll".
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Emerson Proficy Machine Edition.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29298 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-2021-29298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j4f-3jx5-662c.