CVE-2021-42075

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-42075
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-08 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-12 17:42:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.3.4. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not correctly close file descriptors for established TCP connections. An unauthenticated remote attacker can thus cause file descriptor exhaustion in the server process, leading to denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Barrier Project Barrier All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Barrier "software KVM switch" multiple remote security issues MLIST www.openwall.com
Release v2.3.4 · debauchee/barrier · GitHub MISC github.com
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