CVE-2012-3051 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or packet loss) via a large number of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCtr44822.

Published: 2012-09-16

Score: 6.1 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000_10-slot:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000_18-slot:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000_9-slot:-:::::::*

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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-2012-3029	Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or packet loss) via a large number of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCtr44822.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/50671
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/release/notes/52_nx-os_release_note.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55600

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7000 10-slot Nexus 7000 18-slot Nexus 7000 9-slot Nx-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2012-09-16T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.392Z

Reserved: 2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3051

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-16T10:34:50.427

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3051

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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