Denial of service in GENIVI Alliance DLT-Daemon

Published: 2021-06-01

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-29507
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	DLT-Daemon Web applications / Modules and components for CMS
Vendor	GENIVI

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU53686

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29507

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists when the configuration file intentionally/ unintentionally contains the special characters. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

DLT-Daemon: 2.10.0 - 2.18.6

CPE2.3

External links

http://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/security/advisories/GHSA-7cqp-2hqj-mh3f

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.