SB2018062113 - Denial of service in Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switch
Published: June 21, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018062113
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0299)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of the Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switch due to incomplete validation of an SNMP poll request for a specific MIB. A remote attacker can send a specific SNMP poll request and cause the device to reload.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.