What is CVE-2021-21565?

CVE-2021-21565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-21565?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Dell Powerscale Onefs

CVE-2021-21565

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 9.1.0.3 and earlier contain a denial of service vulnerability. SmartConnect had an error condition that may be triggered to loop, using CPU and potentially preventing other SmartConnect DNS responses.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Dell Powerscale Onefs — versions unspecified
Dell Powerscale_onefs

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21565?: CVE-2021-21565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-21565?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.