CVE-2021-27862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ieee	Ieee 802.2
Ietf	P802.1q

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ieee:ieee_802.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ietf:p802.1q:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.champtar.fr/VLAN0_LLC_SNAP/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-ra-guard/08/
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/855201
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27862
https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.2/1048/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27862

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2022-09-27T18:40:14.712Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T15:04:40.862Z

Reserved: 2021-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27862

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:33:15.798Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-27T19:15:09.403

Modified: 2025-05-21T15:15:54.743

Link: CVE-2021-27862

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-09-29T12:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-27862 - Bugzilla

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