CVE-2021-43174

High

Description

NLnet Labs Routinator versions 0.9.0 up to and including 0.10.1, support the gzip transfer encoding when querying RRDP repositories. This encoding can be used by an RRDP repository to cause an out-of-memory crash in these versions of Routinator. RRDP uses XML which allows arbitrary amounts of white space in the encoded data. The gzip scheme compresses such white space extremely well, leading to very small compressed files that become huge when being decompressed for further processing, big enough that Routinator runs out of memory when parsing input data waiting for the next XML element.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductNlnetlabs Routinator
PublishedNov 9, 2021
First seenNov 9, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-1325CWE-1325

How to fix

Update
  • nlnetlabs routinator0.10.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nlnetlabs routinator0.9.0 ≤ v < 0.10.20.10.2
debian debian_linux11.0—

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