# CVE-2021-40523: In Contiki 3.0, Telnet option negotiation is mishandled.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-09-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Contiki 3.0, Telnet option negotiation is mishandled. During negotiation between a server and a client, the server may fail to give the WILL/WONT or DO/DONT response for DO and WILL commands because of improper handling of exception condition, which leads to property violations and denial of service. Specifically, a server sometimes sends no response, because a fixed buffer space is available for all responses and that space may have been exhausted.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/issues/2686

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