PT-2012-4455 · Cisco · Cisco Nx-Os

Published 2012-09-16 · Updated 2013-03-22 · CVE-2012-3051

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS versions 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a process crash or packet loss, by sending a large number of ARP packets.

Recommendations For Cisco NX-OS version 5.2, update to a version that fixes the issue. For Cisco NX-OS version 6.1, update to a version that fixes the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3051

Affected Products

Cisco Nx-Os

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3051 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55600 · Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/release/notes/52_nx-os_release_note.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50671 · Note