Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches
CVE-2012-2469
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
Cisco
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 6 August 2012
What is CVE-2012-2469?
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.