Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches NX-OS CVE-2012-6396 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	57482
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2012-6396
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 10 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 10 2013 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Cisco NX-OS 0 Cisco Nexus 7000 0
Not Vulnerable:

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches NX-OS CVE-2012-6396 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches running on NX-OS are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to consume excessive memory and system resources, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCud44300.

Cisco NX-OS is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches NX-OS CVE-2012-6396 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches NX-OS CVE-2012-6396 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches NX-OS CVE-2012-6396 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco Homepage (Cisco )
  
• Cisco Networking Software (IOS & NX-OS) (Cisco)
  
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco)