Memory leak in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI Mode - CVE-2023-20089

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Memory leak in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI Mode - CVE-2023-20089

Published: February 23, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72507
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20089
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI Mode
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) feature. A remote attacker on the local network can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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