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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2021-31787

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

The Bluetooth Classic implementation on Actions ATS2815 chipsets does not properly handle the reception of continuous unsolicited LMP responses, allowing attackers in radio range to trigger a denial of service and shutdown of a device by flooding the target device with LMP_features_res packets.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published