#VU51788 Resource exhaustion in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2021-1460

 

#VU51788 Resource exhaustion in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2021-1460

Published: March 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51788
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1460
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
809 Industrial Integrated Services Routers
829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers
CGR 1000 Compute Module
IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway
Cisco IOx
Cisco IOS
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient error handling during packet processing in the Cisco IOx Application Framework. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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