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CVE-2021-20237
published 2021-05-28

CVE-2021-20237: An uncontrolled resource consumption (memory leak) flaw was found in ZeroMQ's src/xpub.cpp in versions before 4.3.3. This flaw allows a remote unauthenticated…

PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.69%
74.2th percentile
An uncontrolled resource consumption (memory leak) flaw was found in ZeroMQ's src/xpub.cpp in versions before 4.3.3. This flaw allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to send crafted PUB messages that consume excessive memory if the CURVE/ZAP authentication is disabled on the server, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianzeromq3< zeromq3 4.3.3-1 (bookworm)zeromq3 4.3.3-1 (bookworm)
zeromqlibzmq>= 4.2.0 < 4.3.34.3.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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