CVE-2021-44428 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Pinkie TFTP daemon by sending a specific read request, causing a 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-2021-44428?
CVE-2021-44428 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pinkie 2.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a TFTP read (RRQ) request, aka opcode 1.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44428?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ipuptime Pinkie.
How do I fix CVE-2021-44428?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44428 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-2021-44428 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44428 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwxx-gm8c-232p.