Resource exhaustion in Cisco StarOS - CVE-2021-1378
Published: February 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50784
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1378
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco StarOS
Cisco StarOS
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1378
Install updates from vendor's website.