Denial of service in eProsima Fast DDS

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU79817

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38425

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fast DDS: 0.3.0 - 2.11.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eprosima:fast_dds:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://github.com/eProsima/Fast-DDS
http://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02

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.