CVE-2021-34698
HIGHCisco AsyncOS 12.0-12.0.3-005 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via HTTPS Connection Exhaustion
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-dos-fmHdKswk
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/asyncos
12.0 - 12.0.3-005
Published
Oct 06, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026