Resource exhaustion in ServerProtect for Linux - CVE-2021-25226
Published: January 27, 2021 / Updated: January 28, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50071
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25226
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the vsapiapp executable. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
ServerProtect for Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2021-25226
Install updates from vendor's website.
ServerProtect for Linux - update to 3.0 CP 1649