PT-2015-7222 · Cisco · Cisco Nx-Os+1

Published 2015-12-04 · Updated 2017-09-14 · CVE-2015-6394

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS version 5.2(9)N1(1)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted USB parameters. This is due to insufficient handling of USB input parameters by the kernel. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted USB parameters to be processed by the kernel of an affected device, potentially causing a denial of service condition.

Recommendations For Cisco NX-OS version 5.2(9)N1(1), at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6394

Affected Products

Cisco Nx-Os

Cisco Nexus

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6394 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151204-nexus · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151204-nexus · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034295 · Note