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Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 Denial of Service (CVE-2012-3051)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502802

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or packet loss) via a large number of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCtr44822.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://secunia.com/advisories/50671

http://www.nessus.org/u?099e8ec2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55600

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502802

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-2012-3051

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:6.1, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.2

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3051