CVE-2015-4197 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco NX-OS 5.2(5) on Nexus 7000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) by sending a malformed LLDP packet on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCud89415.

Published: 2015-06-20

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

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:5.2\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7700:-:::::::*

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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-2015-4220	Cisco NX-OS 5.2(5) on Nexus 7000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) by sending a malformed LLDP packet on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCud89415.

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 0.00633.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75324
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032675

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7700 Nx-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-06-20T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.943Z

Reserved: 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4197

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-20T14:59:00.087

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4197

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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