Cisco NX-OS IS-IS Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102995

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCvc45002.

See Also

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

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvc45002

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102995

File Name: cisco-sa-20170118-nexus-nx-os.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/7/2017

Updated: 2/24/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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:/h:cisco:nexus_1000v

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3804

BID: 95638

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170118-nexus

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvc45002