PT-2015-2242 · Cisco · Nx-Os

Published 2015-08-19 · Updated 2016-12-28 · CVE-2015-4301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 9000 devices version 11.1(1c)

Description The issue is related to resource management errors in the NX-OS network operating system. It allows a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device hang, by copying large files to the device's filesystem.

Recommendations For Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 9000 devices version 11.1(1c), consider restricting access to the filesystem to prevent large file transfers until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the size of files that can be copied to the device's filesystem to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11588

CVE-2015-4301

Affected Products

Nx-Os

References · 4

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11588 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40431 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4301 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033267 · Note