CVE-2021-44718
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-02 11:11
Modified
2024-08-04 04:32
Severity ?
Summary
wolfSSL through 5.0.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and infinite loop in the client component by sending crafted traffic from a Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) position. The root cause is that the client module accepts TLS messages that normally are only sent to TLS servers.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/Vendor Advisory
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