CVE-2020-3175

Summary

CVECVE-2020-3175
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-26 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-03 20:32:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the resource handling system of Cisco NX-OS Software for Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper resource usage control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic to the management interface (mgmt0) of an affected device at very high rates. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause unexpected behaviors such as high CPU usage, process crashes, or even full system reboots of an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Mds 9132t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9132t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9148s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9148s - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9148t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9148t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216a - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216a - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9216i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9222i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9222i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9506 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9506 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9509 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9509 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9513 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9513 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9706 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9706 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9710 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9710 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9718 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9718 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 6.2\(1\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 6.2\(1\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO 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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