CVE-2021-42076 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause memory exhaustion in Barrier server and client components by sending long TCP messages, leading to 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-2021-42076?

CVE-2021-42076 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.3.4. An attacker can cause memory exhaustion in the barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) and barrierc by sending long TCP messages.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42076?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Barrier Project Barrier.

How do I fix CVE-2021-42076?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-42076 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-2021-42076 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42076 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g73p-h925-4x6w.

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