CVE-2017-6633

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    CVE-2017-6633

    Published: 22 May 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038513, , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98525, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-ucsc

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    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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