Memory leak in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2021-1353
Published: January 20, 2021 / Updated: January 27, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50065
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1353
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco Virtualized Packet Core
Cisco StarOS
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco Virtualized Packet Core
Cisco StarOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory leak that occurs during packet processing. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1353
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..