CVE-2021-1624

Description

A vulnerability in the Rate Limiting Network Address Translation (NAT) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization in the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to mishandling of the rate limiting feature within the QuantumFlow Processor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large amounts of traffic that would be subject to NAT and rate limiting through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the QuantumFlow Processor utilization to reach 100 percent on the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.418

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco IOS XE Software Rate Limiting Network Address Translation Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XE Software	NCM
CVE-2021-1624	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706107	Security Update for Cisco IOS XE Software 5.2(1)SV5(1.3a)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234