CVE Published: 25/08/2021 |
CVE Updated: 07/11/2024 |
CVE Year: 2021 Source: cisco |
Vendor: Cisco |
Product: Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2021-1592 Description
A 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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L