CVE-2017-6633
Description
A vulnerability in the TCP throttling process of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers 3.0(0.234) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient rate-limiting protection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of TCP SYN packets to a specific TCP listening port on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a specific TCP listening port to stop accepting new connections, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva65544.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cisco | unified_computing_system | 3.0\(0.234\) | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98525
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038513
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-ucsc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98525
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038513
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-ucsc
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.