CVE-2016-1465

medium

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.

References

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

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

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-28

Updated: 2017-09-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium