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ghsa-vhvr-hgg7-6xqj

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-06 00:00

Modified

2022-05-14 00:03

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

RTI Connext DDS Professional, Connext DDS Secure versions 4.2x to 6.1.0, and Connext DDS Micro versions 2.4 and later are vulnerable when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood target devices with unwanted traffic. This may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

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CVE-2021-38487 (GCVE-0-2021-38487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-05-05 15:18

Modified

2025-06-23 12:13

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-406 - Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)
CWE-923 - Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Summary

RTI Connext Professional versions 4.1 to 6.1.0, and Connext Micro versions 2.4 and later are vulnerable when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood target devices with unwanted traffic. This may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

References

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URL

Tags

	https://www.rti.com/vulnerabilities/#cve-2021-38487
	https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02
	https://support.rti.com/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2F

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Connext Professional

Version: 4.1 < 6.1.0

Version: 4.0.0   < 4.0.*
Version: 3.0.0   < 3.0.*
Version: 2.4.0   < 2.4.*

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