Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
CVE-2012-1357

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Nx-os
Nexus 5000
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 August 2012

Summary

The igmp_snoop_orib_fill_source_update function within the IGMP processing of NX-OS 5.0 and 5.1 specifically in Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches is susceptible to a denial of service attack. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disrupt the switch's functionality, leading to a device reload when malicious IGMP packets are sent, potentially impacting network availability and performance.

References

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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