Resource exhaustion in Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software

CVE-2021-1285

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Ethernet Frame Decoder of the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of error conditions when processing Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious Ethernet frames through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust disk space on the affected device, which could result in administrators being unable to log in to the device or the device being unable to boot up correctly.Note: Manual intervention is required to recover from this situation. Customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to help recover a device in this condition.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-1285: held from 0.029 to 0.029.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1285?
CVE-2021-1285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-1285?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.