CVE-2021-44718: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

September 2, 2022 (updated September 8, 2022)

wolfSSL through 5.0.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and infinite loop in the client component by sending crafted traffic from a Machine-in-the-Middle (MITM) position. The root cause is that the client module accepts TLS messages that normally are only sent to TLS servers.

References

github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44718
www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/

Code Behaviors & Features

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