vulnerability
Cisco UCS Manager: CVE-2021-1592: Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 25, 2021 | Sep 3, 2024 | Jun 23, 2025 |
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.
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