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Cisco NX-OS Software Image Signature Verification (cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-sig-verif)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 138355
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Fibre Channel over Ethernet N-port Virtualization due to incorrect processing of FCoE packets. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this issue, via sending a stream of FCoE frames, 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 IDs CSCvj14135, CSCvk70903, CSCvk70905See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bf14d312
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-70757
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvj14135
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 138355
File Name: cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-sig-verif.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 7/9/2020
Updated: 7/10/2020
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1615
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device, Host/aci/system/chassis/summary
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1615
BID: 107397
CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-sig-verif
CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvj14135, CSCvk70903, CSCvk70905