CVE-2021-34698
A vulnerability in the proxy service of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system memory and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management in the proxy service of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a large number of HTTPS connections to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the system to stop processing new connections, which could result in a DoS condition. Note: Manual intervention may be required to recover from this situation.
EPSS 0.52% · 67.1th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) | n/a |
| cisco | asyncos | 12.5, 14.0, 12.0 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Oct 6, 2021 CVE Published
- Oct 7, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 3, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 5, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-dos-fmHdKswk advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-priv-esc-UwqPrBM3 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ata19x-multivuln-A4J57F3 advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucsi2-command-inject-CGyC8y2R advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-lib-hija-cAFB7x4q advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sb220-lldp-multivuls-mVRUtQ8T advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34698 advisory