Vulnerability CVE-2012-6396


Published: 2013-01-19

Description:
Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 series switches does not properly handle certain line-card replacements, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted configuration that references interfaces that do not exist on the new card, aka Bug ID CSCud44300.

Type:

CWE-399

(Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Cisco -> Nexus 7000 
Cisco -> Nexus 7000 10-slot 
Cisco -> Nexus 7000 18-slot 
Cisco -> Nexus 7000 9-slot 
Cisco -> Nx-os 

 References:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-6396

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