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fastdds — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38425

eProsima Fast DDS versions prior to 2.4.0 (#2269) are susceptible to exploitation when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood a target device with unwanted traffic, which may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

Products
fastdds
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.6.1+ds-1
CVEs
CVE-2021-38425
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 02:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38425

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 May 2022, 17:15 UTC

eProsima Fast DDS versions prior to 2.4.0 (#2269) are susceptible to exploitation when an attacker sends a specially crafted packet to flood a target device with unwanted traffic, which may result in a denial-of-service condition and information exposure.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38425

fastdds

Fixed versions: 2.6.1+ds-1

fastdds

Fixed versions: 2.6.1+ds-1

Complete source record
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