CVE-2017-6633
moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-22
A vulnerability in the TCP throttling process of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers 3.0(0.234) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient rate-limiting protection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of TCP SYN packets to a specific TCP listening port on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a specific TCP listening port to stop accepting new connections, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva65544.
Do I need to act?
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0.75% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (6)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98525
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98525
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal