SB2020082717 - Denial of service in Cisco FXOS, NX-OS Software and Cisco Fabric Services
Published: August 27, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020082717
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 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3517)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Cisco Fabric Services component . A remote attacker can send malicious Cisco Fabric Services messages and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.