Denial of Service Vulnerability in CDATA and FD Series Devices via Telnet Server (Shawarma Attack)

Denial of Service Vulnerability in CDATA and FD Series Devices via Telnet Server (Shawarma Attack)

CVE-2020-29057 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered on CDATA 72408A, 9008A, 9016A, 92408A, 92416A, 9288, 97016, 97024P, 97028P, 97042P, 97084P, 97168P, FD1002S, FD1104, FD1104B, FD1104S, FD1104SN, FD1108S, FD1204S-R2, FD1204SN, FD1204SN-R2, FD1208S-R2, FD1216S-R1, FD1608GS, FD1608SN, FD1616GS, FD1616SN, and FD8000 devices. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) by sending random bytes to the telnet server on port 23, aka a "shawarma" attack.

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