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Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet Processing Denial of Service (CVE-2016-1465)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501376

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff1b1dd6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501376

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: 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-2016-1465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:4.0%284%29sv1%283a%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv2%282.1a%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%285.1a%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%285.2b%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%281%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.2%281%29sv3%281.4%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%284%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%283b%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%284b%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%285.2%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%283c%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%283%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%283d%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.2%281%29sv3%281.3%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%285.1%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.0%284%29sv1%282%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv1%284a%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv2%281.1a%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv2%282.1%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:4.2%281%29sv2%281.1%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:5.2%281%29sv3%281.1%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1465

CWE: 399