CVE-2021-3673 Denial of service in radare2

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause resource exhaustion and denial of service in Radare2 by providing a crafted LE binary file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-3673?

CVE-2021-3673 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 2 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Radare2 in version 5.3.1. Improper input validation when reading a crafted LE binary can lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.

Weakness: CWE-252, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3673?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Radare Radare2.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3673?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2021-3673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-45j6-6fww-gqv4, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3673.

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