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Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere Secure Login Enhancements Denial of Service Vulnerability
high Nessus Plugin ID 134417
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Synopsis
The remote device is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) due to missing patch. (cisco-sa-20200226-nexus-1000v-dos)Description
A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch due to issues with the Secure Login Enhancements. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via overloading the login system, to cause the system to stop responding.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvp26722See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1001187e
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-73749
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 134417
File Name: cisco-sa-20200226-nexus-1000v-dos.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 3/11/2020
Updated: 5/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3168
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
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: 2/26/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3168