CVE-2021-34781

HIGH

Cisco Firepower Management Center Vir... - Improper Exception Handling

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Description

A vulnerability in the processing of SSH connections for multi-instance deployments of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error handling when an SSH session fails to be established. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted SSH connections to the instance. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause resource exhaustion, which causes a DoS condition on the affected device. The device must be manually reloaded to recover.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (17)

cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_management_center_virtual_appliance
cisco/firepower_threat_defense < 6.4.0.13
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
cisco/sourcefire_defense_center
... and 2 more

Timeline

Published Oct 27, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026