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CVE-2021-27861

L2 network filtering bypass using stacked VLAN0 and LLC/SNAP headers with invalid lengths

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Layer 2 network filtering capabilities such as IPv6 RA guard can be bypassed using LLC/SNAP headers with invalid length (and optionally VLAN0 headers)

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • IEEE 802.2

    From 802.2h-1997 · through 802.2h-1997

  • IETF draft-ietf-v6ops-ra-guard

    From 08 · through 08

  • IETF P802.1Q

    From D1.0 · through D1.0

References 5

datatracker.ietf.org

standards.ieee.org

kb.cert.org

blog.champtar.fr