Cisco NX-OS: Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1465)
6
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
07/27/2016
07/25/2018
01/05/2017
03/06/2023
Description
Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.
Solution(s)
- update-nxos
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