CVE-2017-3879

Summary

CVECVE-2017-3879
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-17 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-12 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA Denial of Service vulnerability in the remote login functionality for Cisco NX-OS Software running on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a process used for login to terminate unexpectedly and the login attempt to fail. There is no impact to user traffic flowing through the device. The attacker could use either a Telnet or an SSH client for the remote login attempt. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches that are running Cisco NX-OS Software and are configured to allow remote Telnet connections to the device. More Information: CSCuy25824. Known Affected Releases: 7.0(3)I3(1) 8.3(0)CV(0.342) 8.3(0)CV(0.345). Known Fixed Releases: 8.3(0)CV(0.362) 8.0(1) 7.0(3)IED5(0.19) 7.0(3)IED5(0) 7.0(3)I4(1) 7.0(3)I4(0.8) 7.0(3)I2(2e) 7.0(3)F1(1.22) 7.0(3)F1(1) 7.0(3)F1(0.230).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92160yc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92300yc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92300yc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 92304qc Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9236c Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9272q Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93108tc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93120tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93128tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180lc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180lc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 93180yc-ex Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9332pq Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9336pq Aci Spine Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px-e Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px-e Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372px Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx-e Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx-e Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9372tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396px Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9396tx Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 Switch - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9508 Switch - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0(3)i3(0.170) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0\(3\)i3\(0.170\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3(0)cv(0.342) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3(0)cv(0.345) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)cv\(0.342\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)cv\(0.345\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0\(3\)i3\(0.170\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)cv\(0.342\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 8.3\(0\)cv\(0.345\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Login Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Cisco NX-OS Software CVE-2017-3879 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Remote Login Denial of Service Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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