SB2021092916 - Denial of service in Apache Mina SSHD
Published: September 29, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021092916
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30129)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the sshd-core of Apache Mina SSHD. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, trigger buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d4f78e192a0c8eabd671a018da464024642980ecd24096bde6db36f%40%3Cusers.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d4f78e192a0c8eabd671a018da464024642980ecd24096bde6db36f@%3Cusers.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/red01829efa2a8c893c4baff4f23c9312bd938543a9b8658e172b853b@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/12/1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9279-7hph-r3xw