Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Denial of Service (CVE-2016-6457)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501329

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241.
Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x).
Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501329

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/25/2023

Updated: 7/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6457

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:11.2%282g%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.2%282h%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.2%282i%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.2%283c%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.2%283e%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.2%283h%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.3%281i%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.3%282f%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.3%282h%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:11.3%282i%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:12.0%281m%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:12.0%281n%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:12.0%281o%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:12.0%281p%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:12.0%281q%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6457

CWE: 119

Detections

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