PT-2021-17795 · Asus · Asus Bmc Firmware

Published 2021-04-06 · Updated 2021-04-12 · CVE-2021-28179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ASUS BMC firmware (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue arises from a specific function in the Web management page of ASUS BMC's firmware, specifically in the Media support configuration setting, which fails to verify the string length entered by users. This oversight results in a buffer overflow. Remote attackers, upon gaining privileged permission, can exploit this leakage to abnormally terminate the Web service.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-28179

Affected Products

Asus Bmc Firmware

References · 6

• https://asus.com/tw/support/callus · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28179 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/13105 · Telegram Post
• https://twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-4549-c97ba-1.html · Note