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medium6.5

CVE-2020-12521

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS a specially crafted LLDP packet may lead to a high system load in the PROFINET stack.

Impact

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS a specially crafted LLDP packet may lead to a high system load in the PROFINET stack. An attacker can cause failure of system services or a complete reboot.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PhoenixcontactPlcnext Firmware
before 2021.0

Weakness classification

References