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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in NX-OS Firmware used by IBM c-type SAN directors and switches.

Description

## Summary Public disclosed OpenSSL vulnerability in NX-OS Firmware used by IBM c-type SAN directors and switches. ## Vulnerability Details ** CVEID: **[CVE-2020-1971](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-1971>) ** DESCRIPTION: **OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. If the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function contain an EDIPARTYNAME, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. CVSS Base score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748>) for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) ## Affected Products and Versions Affected Product(s)| Version(s) ---|--- NX-OS| 8.5 prior to 8.5.1 ## Remediation/Fixes Fixes| Version(s) ---|--- NX-OS| 8.5.1 ## Workarounds and Mitigations None ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
cisco software 11

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