A vulnerability in the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) feature of Cisco Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 Series Switches running Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of protection against PTP frame flood attacks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large streams of malicious IPv4 or IPv6 PTP traffic to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition, impacting the traffic passing through the device.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105669
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-10-17
Updated: 2019-10-09
Type: CWE-20
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 8.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 4
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH