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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Reserved VLAN Number (CVE-2015-6295)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501349

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I3(4) and 7.0(3)I1(1) on Nexus 9000 (N9K) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or control-plane instability) or trigger unintended traffic forwarding via a Layer 2 packet with a reserved VLAN number, aka Bug ID CSCuw13560.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40990

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033611

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 501349

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/25/2023

Updated: 12/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6295

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:6.1%282%29i3%284%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7.0%283%29i1%281%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6295

CWE: 399