Cisco IOS XE Software Protection Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Feature Vulnerability
Published Sep 23, 2021
8.6
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.33%
Description
A vulnerability in the Protection Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct denial of service (DoS) attacks to or through the affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect programming of the half-opened connections limit, TCP SYN flood limit, or TCP SYN cookie features when the features are configured in vulnerable releases of Cisco IOS XE Software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to flood traffic to or through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to initiate a DoS attack to or through an affected device.
Affected products
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Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Cisco | Cisco IOS XE Software | unknown | Affected
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Remediation
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References (2)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-21347 Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-zbfw-tguGuYq vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-21347 | Advisory | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-zbfw-tguGuYq | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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