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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2021-1592 EUVD-2021-7059GHSA-g536-3jmm-mp33

Cisco UCS Manager Software SSH Sessions Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Aug 25, 2021 · Updated Nov 7, 2024 · Assigned by cisco

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) — —

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