CVE-2021-25671
Published: 13 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25671 is a medium-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability in Siemens Rwg1.M12 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-12563
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been identified in RWG1.M12 (All versions < V1.16.16), RWG1.M12D (All versions < V1.16.16), RWG1.M8 (All versions < V1.16.16). Sending specially crafted ARP packets to an affected device could cause a partial denial-of-service, preventing the device to operate…
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normally. A restart is needed to restore normal operations.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control implements explicit throttling on session allocation, addressing the weakness of allocating resources without limits.
Plan testing exercises resource allocation limits and throttling during simulated failures, directly addressing weaknesses that allow unbounded resource use.
Contingency plan updates ensure recovery strategies address unbounded resource allocation, making it harder for attackers to exploit lack of throttling to cause prolonged outages.
Provides continuity when unbounded resource allocation at the primary site leads to exhaustion and downtime.
Alternate services allow operations to continue when primary allocation of resources lacks limits or throttling.
Explicit planning of security-related actions requires defining limits, windows, and resource allocations, making allocation without throttling far less likely.
Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.
Imposes an inactivity-based limit on network resource allocation, throttling the number of concurrently held connections.