Resource exhaustion in ServerProtect for Linux - CVE-2021-25224

 

Resource exhaustion in ServerProtect for Linux - CVE-2021-25224

Published: January 26, 2021 / Updated: January 27, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50039
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25224
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Trend Micro
Affected software:
ServerProtect for Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Three vulnerabilities exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the splx_manual_scan executable. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-25224

Install updates from vendor's website.

https://files.trendmicro.com/products/serverprotect/splx_30_lx_en_criticalpatch1649.tar.gz


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