PT-2015-2241 · Cisco · Nx-Os+1

Published 2015-08-19 · Updated 2017-09-21 · CVE-2015-4296

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Nexus 3000 devices with software 6.0(2)A6(1)

Description The issue is related to resource management errors in the NX-OS network operating system. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by creating crafted connections to the Java application, resulting in a Java process restart.

Recommendations For Cisco Nexus 3000 devices with software 6.0(2)A6(1), consider restricting access to the Java application to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting connections to the Java application may help mitigate the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11587

CVE-2015-4296

Affected Products

Cisco Nexus 3000

Nx-Os

References · 4

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11587 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4296 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033264 · Note