CVE-2021-34697
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2021-09-22T00:00:00
State: PUBLISHED
affected: product: Cisco IOS XE Software 
vendor: Cisco
versions: status: affected
version: n/a
datePublic: 2021-09-22T00:00:00
descriptions: value: A vulnerability in the Protection Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct denial of service (DoS) attacks to or through the affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect programming of the half-opened connections limit, TCP SYN flood limit, or TCP SYN cookie features when the features are configured in vulnerable releases of Cisco IOS XE Software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to flood traffic to or through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to initiate a DoS attack to or through an affected device.
exploits: value: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory. 
metrics: cvssV3_1: attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 5.8
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
version: 3.1
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-665
description: CWE-665
type: CWE
source: advisory: cisco-sa-zbfw-tguGuYq
defect: CSCvx15607
discovery: INTERNAL
title: Cisco IOS XE Software Protection Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Feature Vulnerability