PT-2021-2496 · Cisco · Cisco Iox Application Framework+1

Published 2021-03-24 · Updated 2021-03-31 · CVE-2021-1460

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco IOx Application Framework (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to insufficient error handling during packet processing, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this by sending a high and sustained rate of crafted TCP traffic to the IOx web server. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the IOx web server to stop processing requests, resulting in a DoS condition.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-01872

CVE-2021-1460

Affected Products

Cisco Iox Application Framework

Cisco Ios

References · 5

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-dos-4Fgcjh6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1460 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-01872 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11899 · Telegram Post