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Cisco NX-OS: Cisco NX-OS Software Fibre Channel over Ethernet Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6655)

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Cisco NX-OS: Cisco NX-OS Software Fibre Channel over Ethernet Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6655)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/08/2017
Modified
03/06/2023

Description

A vulnerability in the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol implementation in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition when an FCoE-related process unexpectedly reloads. This vulnerability affects Cisco NX-OS Software on the following Cisco devices when they are configured for FCoE: Multilayer Director Switches, Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Nexus 7700 Series Switches. More Information: CSCvc91729. Known Affected Releases: 8.3(0)CV(0.833). Known Fixed Releases: 8.3(0)ISH(0.62) 8.3(0)CV(0.944) 8.1(1) 8.1(0.8)S0 7.3(2)D1(0.47).

Solution(s)

  • update-nxos

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