VDB-172468 · CVE-2021-28179 · GCVE-0-2021-28179

ASUS BMC Web Management Page buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ASUS BMC. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web Management Page. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-28179. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ASUS BMC (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Web Management Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 04/06/2021. The advisory is shared for download at twcert.org.tw. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-28179. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

ASUS

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.7

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2021 🔍
04/06/2021 +24 days 🔍
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04/10/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: asus.com

Advisory: twcert.org.tw
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-28179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-172468

Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2021 13:41
Updated: 04/10/2021 15:26
Changes: 04/06/2021 13:41 (35), 04/10/2021 15:23 (2), 04/10/2021 15:26 (1)
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