CVE-2021-1592

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-1592
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the way Cisco UCS Manager software handles SSH sessions could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management for established SSH sessions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening a significant number of SSH sessions on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and restart of internal Cisco UCS Manager software processes and a temporary loss of access to the Cisco UCS Manager CLI and web UI. Note: The attacker must have valid user credentials to authenticate to the affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Unified Computing System All All All All
Hardware Cisco Unified Computing System 64108 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Unified Computing System 6454 - All All All

References

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Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317025 Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ucs-ssh-dos-MgvmyrQy)
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