CVE-2021-21279

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. In verions prior to 4.6, an attacker can perform a denial-of-service attack by triggering an infinite loop in the processing of IPv6 neighbor solicitation NS messages. This type of attack can effectively...

CVE-2021-21279 Infinite loop in IPv6 neighbor solicitation processing

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. In verions prior to 4.6, an attacker can perform a denial-of-service attack by triggering an infinite loop in the processing of IPv6 neighbor solicitation NS messages. This type of attack can effectively...

CVE-2021-21279

Contiki-NG prior to version 4.6 is affected by an infinite loop in the IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation handling which can lead to a denial-of-service due to the cooperative scheduling in the network stack. The issue is mitigated by upgrading to Contiki-NG 4.6 (patched) as the primary fix; an out-of-ba...