Memory leak in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2021-1251

 

Memory leak in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2021-1251

Published: April 8, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51990
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1251
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing length validation of certain LLDP packet header fields. A remote attacker on the local network can send a specially crafted LLDP packet and perform denial of service attack.


Affected software

RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160 Series VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160W Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260 VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260P VPN Router with POE
Cisco Small Business RV260W Wireless-AC VPN Router
RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router

How to mitigate CVE-2021-1251

Install updates from vendor's website.

RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN Router - update to 1.0.1.15
Cisco Small Business RV160 Series VPN Router - update to 1.0.01.03
Cisco Small Business RV160W Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.01.03
Cisco Small Business RV260 VPN Router - update to 1.0.01.03
Cisco Small Business RV260P VPN Router with POE - update to 1.0.01.03
Cisco Small Business RV260W Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.01.03
RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.1.21
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.21
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.21
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.21
Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.21

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