Resource exhaustion in Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2021-1564

 

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2021-1564

Published: June 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53754
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1564
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras

Detailed vulnerability description

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 in the Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). A remote attacker on the local network can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-1564

Install updates from vendor's website.

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