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Cisco UCS Manager: CVE-2021-1592: Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco UCS Manager: CVE-2021-1592: Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2021
Created
09/06/2024
Added
09/03/2024
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the way Cisco UCS Manager software handles SSH sessions could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management for established SSH sessions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening a significant number of SSH sessions on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and restart of internal Cisco UCS Manager software processes and a temporary loss of access to the Cisco UCS Manager CLI and web UI. Note: The attacker must have valid user credentials to authenticate to the affected device.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ucs-manager-upgrade-latest

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