Description
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.
Published: 2021-10-27
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-21442 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.
History

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Asa 5505 Asa 5505 Firmware Asa 5512-x Asa 5512-x Firmware Asa 5515-x Asa 5515-x Firmware Asa 5525-x Asa 5525-x Firmware Asa 5545-x Asa 5545-x Firmware Asa 5555-x Asa 5555-x Firmware Asa 5580 Asa 5580 Firmware Asa 5585-x Asa 5585-x Firmware Firepower Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-07T21:45:50.432Z

Reserved: 2021-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-34792

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:19:48.259Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-27T19:15:08.510

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:11:12.907

Link: CVE-2021-34792

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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