Denial of service in Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst Access Points
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2021-1615 |
| CWE-ID | N/A |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst Access Points Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
| Vendor |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Insufficient Resource Pool
EUVDB-ID: #VU56843
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1615
CWE-ID: N/A
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient buffer allocation in the packet processing functionality. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted traffic and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Embedded Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst Access Points: before 17.6.1
External linkshttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-ewc-dos-g6JruHRT
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
