Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches
CVE-2012-2469

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Nx-os
Nexus 7000
Nexus 7000 10-slot
Nexus 7000 18-slot
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 August 2012

Summary

A flaw in Cisco NX-OS versions 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 on Nexus 7000 series switches relates to the misconfiguration of the High Availability (HA) policy. Under certain conditions, remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets, which can trigger a denial of service resulting in a device reset. This situation highlights the importance of ensuring proper configuration and security measures on network devices to mitigate potential threats.

References

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_...
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027352
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.4salesbyself.com/troubleshooting-random-nexus-...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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