Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series Switches Software IS-IS Packet Processing Denial of Service (CVE-2017-3804)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501273

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol packet processing of Cisco Nexus 5000, 6000, and 7000 Series Switches software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a reload of the affected device. Switches in the FabricPath domain crash because of an __inst_001__isis_fabricpath hap reset when processing a crafted link-state packet. More Information: CSCvc45002.
Known Affected Releases: 7.1(3)N1(2.1) 7.1(3)N1(3.12) 7.3(2)N1(0.296) 8.0(1)S2. Known Fixed Releases: 6.2(18)S11 7.0(3)I5(1.170) 7.0(3)I5(2) 7.1(4)N1(0.4) 7.1(4)N1(1b) 7.1(5)N1(0.986) 7.1(5)N1(1) 7.2(3)D1(0.8) 7.3(2)N1(0.304) 7.3(2)N1(1) 8.0(0.96)S0 8.0(1) 8.0(1)E1 8.0(1)S4 8.3(0)CV(0.788).

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95638

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037658

http://www.nessus.org/u?63c3627f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501273

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/25/2023

Updated: 7/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:7.1%283%29n1%282.1%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7.1%283%29n1%283.12%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:7.3%282%29n1%280.296%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:8.0%281%29s2

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3804