SB2021021724 - Denial of service in SSH service in Cisco StarOS
Published: February 17, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021021724
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-2021-1378)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to SSH service in Cisco StarOS does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote non-authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.