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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-27342

An authentication brute-force protection mechanism bypass in telnetd in D-Link Router model DIR-842 firmware version 3.0.2 allows a remote attacker to circumvent the anti-brute-force cool-down delay period via a timing-based side-channel attack

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 4.56%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An authentication brute-force protection mechanism bypass in telnetd in D-Link Router model DIR-842 firmware version 3.0.2 allows a remote attacker to circumvent the anti-brute-force cool-down delay period via a timing-based side-channel attack

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
4.56% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-203
Affected
dlink/dir-842e firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.