SB2021082615 - Denial of service in Cisco NX-OS Software
Published: August 26, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021082615
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1590)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the implementation of the system login block-for command. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.