CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-21003

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Jun 25, 2021 | Modified: Jul 01, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH SMCS series products in multiple versions fragmented TCP-Packets may cause a Denial of Service of Web-, SNMP- and ICMP-Echo services. The switching functionality of the device is not affected.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fl_switch_smcs_16tx_firmware Phoenixcontact * 4.70 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

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