Multiple vulnerabilities in MOXA Mgate MB3180

Published: 2021-06-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-33823 CVE-2021-33824
CWE-ID	CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Moxa MGate MB3180 Series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc
Vendor	Moxa

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54298

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33823

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send a huge amount of TCP SYN packet to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Moxa MGate MB3180 Series: 2.1 18113012

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:h:moxa:moxa_mgate_mb3180_series:2.1:18113012:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/Jian-Xian/CVE-POC/blob/master/CVE-2021-33823.md
https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-edge-connectivity/protocol-gateways/modbus-tcp-gateways/mgate-mb3180-mb3280-mb3480-series

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54299