Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 134224

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Synopsis

The remote device is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) due to missing patch. (cisco-sa-20200226-mds-ovrld-dos)

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switch due to improper resource usage control. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via sending traffic to the management interface (mgmt0), to cause the system to stop responding.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvo26707

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134224

File Name: cisco-sa-20200226-mds-ovrld-dos.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/5/2020

Updated: 2/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os

Required KB Items: 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: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3175

CWE: 664

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20200226-mds-ovrld-dos

IAVA: 2020-A-0087

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvo26707

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