CVE-2021-42072 — Improper Authentication in Project Barrier

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication2 documents2 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Barrier Project BarrierFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.4.0. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not sufficiently verify the identify of connecting clients. Clients can thus exploit weaknesses in the provided protocol to cause denial-of-service or stage further attacks that could lead to information leaks or integrity corruption.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Also affects: Fedora 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-wvmp-5fvm-29ff: An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2↗2022-05-24
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