SB2021012721 - Denial of service in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Published: January 27, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021012721
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1312)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to inadequate provisioning of kernel parameters for the maximum number of TCP connections and SYN backlog. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.