vulnerability
Cisco XE: CVE-2021-1622: Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers Common Open Policy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2021-09-23 | 2022-01-18 | 2024-04-08 |
Description
A vulnerability in the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause resource exhaustion, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a deadlock condition in the code when processing COPS packets under certain conditions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending COPS packets with high burst rates to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the CPU to consume excessive resources, which prevents other control plane processes from obtaining resources and results in a DoS.
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