Cisco NX-OS Improper Input Validation (CVE-2013-6683)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502721

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The IPv6 implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly handle neighbor-table adjacencies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NS processing outage) via a series of malformed packets, aka Bug ID CSCtd15904.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502721

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6683

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6683

CWE: 20

Detections

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