CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.8%
A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) component
of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of
service (DoS) condition by causing the BGP service to reset and resync.
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CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103815");
script_version("2022-12-26T10:12:01+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-12-26 10:12:01 +0000 (Mon, 26 Dec 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-10-18 10:24:45 +0200 (Fri, 18 Oct 2013)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4098");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Cisco NX-OS Border Gateway Protocol Component DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("CISCO");
script_dependencies("gb_cisco_nx_os_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("cisco/nx_os/detected", "cisco/nx_os/device", "cisco/nx_os/model");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) component
of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of
service (DoS) condition by causing the BGP service to reset and resync.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to improper filtering of invalid AS
Path values. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed BGP update to a
downstream peer of the affected device.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could result in the downstream peers
resetting the BGP connection with the affected device.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Cisco Nexus 7000 Series running on NX-OS.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62858");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4098");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! device = get_kb_item( "cisco/nx_os/device" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( device != "Nexus" )
exit( 0 );
if( ! nx_model = get_kb_item( "cisco/nx_os/model" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( nx_model !~ "^C?7" )
exit( 0 );
if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
first_found = "5.2.0.180.S14";
fixed = "5.2.0.218.S0";
vers = ereg_replace( pattern:'[()]', replace:".", string:version );
vers = ereg_replace( pattern:'\\.$', replace:"", string:vers );
if( revcomp( a:vers, b:first_found ) >= 0 && revcomp( a:vers, b:fixed ) <= 0 ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"5.2(0.218)S0" );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );