CVE-2021-33823 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exhaust web service resources via TCP SYN floods, causing denial of service on MOXA Mgate MB3180 devices.

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-2021-33823?

CVE-2021-33823 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on MOXA Mgate MB3180 Version 2.1 Build 18113012. Attacker could send a huge amount of TCP SYN packet to make web service's resource exhausted. Then the web server is denial-of-service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33823?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Moxa Mgate Mb3180 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33823?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-33823 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-2021-33823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33823 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwxq-4j33-72w4.

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