CVE-2021-20235

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20235
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-01 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThere's a flaw in the zeromq server in versions before 4.3.3 in src/decoder_allocators.hpp. The decoder static allocator could have its sized changed, but the buffer would remain the same as it is a static buffer. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who sends a crafted request to the zeromq server could trigger a buffer overflow WRITE of arbitrary data if CURVE/ZAP authentication is not enabled. The greatest impact of this flaw is to application availability, data integrity, and confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zeromq Libzmq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Heap overflow when receiving malformed ZMTP v1 packets (CURVE disabled) · Advisory · zeromq/libzmq · GitHub MISC github.com
1921983 – (CVE-2021-20235) CVE-2021-20235 zeromq: Heap overflow when receiving malformed ZMTP v1 packets MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180339 Debian Security Update for zeromq3 (CVE-2021-20235)
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