CVE-2001-0429 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches 6.1(2) and earlier will forward an 802.1x frame on a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked port, which causes a network storm and a denial of service.

Published: 2001-09-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:4.5\(11\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:4.5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:5.5\(4b\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:5.5\(6\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:6.1\(1c\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:6.1\(2\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:6.1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0426	Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches 6.1(2) and earlier will forward an 802.1x frame on a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked port, which causes a network storm and a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00503.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-072.shtml
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cat5k-8021x-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2604
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6379

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Catos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-18T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.484Z

Reserved: 2001-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0429

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0429

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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