Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2021-1597

 

Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2021-1597

Published: July 8, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54615
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-2021-1597
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) implementation. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted LLDP packets and perform denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-1597

Install updates from vendor's website.

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