CVE-2021-38429 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

OCI OpenDDS versions prior to 3.18.1 are vulnerable when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood target devices with unwanted traffic, which may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Objectcomputing	Opendds

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:objectcomputing:opendds:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24881	OCI OpenDDS versions prior to 3.18.1 are vulnerable when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood target devices with unwanted traffic, which may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

Fixes

Solution

OCI recommends users update to version 3.18.1 of OpenDDS or later.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://opendds.org/
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-02

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00064}`	epss `{'score': 0.00057}`

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-05-05T15:26:18.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T16:22:55.082Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38429

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:22.419Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-05T17:15:09.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:17:04.713

Link: CVE-2021-38429

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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