CVE-2021-33824 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service on MOXA Mgate MB3180 devices by sending incomplete HTTP requests that exhaust server resources.

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-2021-33824?

CVE-2021-33824 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. Attackers can use slowhttptest tool to send incomplete HTTP request, which could make server keep waiting for the packet to finish the connection, until its resource exhausted. Then the web server is denial-of-service.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33824?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Moxa Mgate Mb3180 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-33824 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-2021-33824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-25hf-m67j-23hc.

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