Cisco NX-OS Resource Management Errors (CVE-2012-0352)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502728

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 4.2.x before 4.2%281%29SV1%285.1%29 on Nexus 1000v series switches; 4.x and 5.0.x before 5.0%282%29N1%281%29 on Nexus 5000 series switches; and 4.2.x before 4.2.8, 5.0.x before 5.0.5, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (netstack process crash and device reload) via a malformed IP packet, aka Bug IDs CSCti23447, CSCti49507, and CSCtj01991.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502728

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 11/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0352

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_1000v_series_switches:4.2%281%29sv1%285.1%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_1010_series_switches:4.2%281%29sp1%284%29, cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches:5.0.5, cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches:5.1.1, cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_7000_series_switches:4.2.8, cpe:/o:cisco:nexus_5000_series_switches:5.0%282%29n1%281%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0352

CWE: 399

Detections

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