Cisco NX-OS Software Cisco Fabric Services Over IP DoS (cisco-sa-cfsoip-dos-tpykyDr)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158563

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by a vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services over IP component which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of incoming CFSoIP packets.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted CFSoIP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

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 CSCvy95696, CSCvy95840

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca8da000

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74834

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvy95696

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvy95840

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158563

File Name: cisco-sa-cfsoip-dos-tpykyDr.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/3/2022

Updated: 3/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2022-20624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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: 2/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20624

CWE: 400

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cfsoip-dos-tpykyDr

IAVA: 2022-A-0095

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvy95696, CSCvy95840