Resource exhaustion in Siemens Automation License Manager - CVE-2021-25659
Published: August 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55775
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25659
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. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Siemens Automation License Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2021-25659
Install updates from vendor's website.
Siemens Automation License Manager - update to 6.0 SP9 Update 2