CVE-2021-25664

Summary

CVECVE-2021-25664
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-22 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-01 01:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability has been identified in Capital VSTAR (Versions including affected IPv6 stack), Nucleus NET (All versions), Nucleus ReadyStart V3 (All versions < V2017.02.4), Nucleus ReadyStart V4 (All versions < V4.1.0), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected IPv6 stack). The function that processes the Hop-by-Hop extension header in IPv6 packets and its options lacks any checks against the length field of the header, allowing attackers to put the function into an infinite loop by supplying arbitrary length values.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Siemens Capital Vstar - All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus 4 All All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Net All All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Net - All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Readystart All All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Readystart V3 All All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Readystart V4 All All All All
Application Siemens Nucleus Source Code - All All All
Application Siemens Vstar - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Siemens Nucleus Products IPv6 Stack | CISA MISC us-cert.cisa.gov
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-248289.pdf MISC cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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