Cisco NX-OS 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 Denial of Service (CVE-2012-2469)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502716

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 on Nexus 7000 series switches, when the High Availability (HA) policy is configured for Reset, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reset) via a malformed Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtk34535 and CSCtk19132.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502716

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

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-2012-2469

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.1, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.0, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.2

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2469

Detections

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