CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-34792

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published: Oct 27, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the memory management of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management when connection rates are high. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening a significant number of connections on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.0.13 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.6.0 (including) 6.6.5 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 6.7.0 (including) 6.7.0.3 (excluding)
Firepower_threat_defense Cisco 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.1 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.8.0 (including) 9.8.4.40 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.12.0 (including) 9.12.4.29 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.14.0 (including) 9.14.3.9 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.15.0 (including) 9.15.1.17 (excluding)
Adaptive_security_appliance_software Cisco 9.16.0 (including) 9.16.2.3 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

  • Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

  • The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

  • The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

References