CVE-2021-20234

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
An uncontrolled resource consumption (memory leak) flaw was found in the ZeroMQ client in versions before 4.3.3 in src/pipe.cpp. This issue causes a client that connects to multiple malicious or compromised servers to crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-20234
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-04-01T14:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-08-05T17:41:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-401 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:zeromq:libzmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.3.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921972 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/security/advisories/GHSA-wfr2-29gj-5w87 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20234
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20234
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:17:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 00:49:29 2021-04-01T14:15Z 2021-04-01T14:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 00:49:29 2022-08-05T17:41:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 00:49:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated