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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Link Layer Discovery Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
high Nessus Plugin ID 128532
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, the Cisco NX-OS Software in ACI mode is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could exploit this vulnerability, via a specially crafted Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packet, to cause a denial-of-service condition or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Please see the reference Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvp92121See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 128532
File Name: cisco-sa-20190731-nxos-bo.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 9/6/2019
Updated: 12/20/2019
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1901
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os
Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1901