CVE-2021-42143

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    CVE-2021-42143

    Published: 24 Jan 2024Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG tinyDTLS through master branch 53a0d97. An infinite loop bug exists during the handling of a ClientHello handshake message. This bug allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed ClientHello handshake message with an odd length of cipher suites, which triggers an infinite loop (consuming all resources) and a buffer over-read that can disclose sensitive information.

    References: , http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/16, https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/16

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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