#VU25653 Resource exhaustion in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches - CVE-2020-3175

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#VU25653 Resource exhaustion in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches - CVE-2020-3175

Published: February 27, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25653
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3175
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco NX-OS
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource usage control within the resource handling system. A remote attacker send traffic to the management interface (mgmt0) of an affected device at very high rates and cause unexpected behaviors such as high CPU usage, process crashes, or even full system reboots of an affected device.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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