Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus and UCS Devices
CVE-2013-1181

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Nx-os
Nexus 5548p
Nexus 5548up
Nexus 5596up
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2013

Summary

Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 5500 and 3000 series, along with UCS 6200 devices, is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this flaw by sending oversized packets (jumbo packets) to the management interface, which could result in a forced device reload. This issue impacts various versions of the NX-OS software prior to specified updates. Organizations using affected devices should apply the necessary updates to safeguard their network infrastructure.

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecur...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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