CVE-2021-37625

Incorrect Check of Function Return Value in Skytable

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Aug 5, 2021
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Jul 29, 2021

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Description

Skytable is an open source NoSQL database. In versions prior to 0.6.4 an incorrect check of return value of the accept function in the run-loop for a TCP socket/TLS socket/TCP+TLS multi-socket causes an early exit from the run loop that should continue infinitely unless terminated by a local user, effectively causing the whole database server to shut down. This has severe impact and can be used to easily cause DoS attacks without the need to use much bandwidth. The attack vectors include using an incomplete TLS connection for example by not providing the certificate for the connection and using a specially crafted TCP packet that triggers the application layer backoff algorithm.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value
  • CWE-253 Incorrect Check of Function Return Value

Affected Products

ProductVersions
skytableskytable
  • < 0.6.4Affected

References

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