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Cisco NX-OS Software SNMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp)

🗓️ 12 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software SNMP packet processor could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause the SNMP application to restart

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# Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105695");
  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:"2016-05-12 15:59:00 +0200 (Thu, 12 May 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-03 03:11:00 +0000 (Sat, 03 Dec 2016)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6260");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Cisco NX-OS Software SNMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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 Simple Network Management Protocol
  (SNMP) input packet processor of Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switches, Cisco Nexus 5600 Platform
  Switches, and Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches running Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an
  unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the SNMP application on an affected device to restart
  unexpectedly.");

  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 validation of SNMP
  Protocol Data Units (PDUs) in SNMP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by
  sending a crafted SNMP packet to an affected device, which could cause the SNMP application on
  the device to restart.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the SNMP
  application to restart multiple times, leading to a system-level restart and a denial of service
  (DoS) condition.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! device = get_kb_item( "cisco/nx_os/device" ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( "Nexus" >!< device )
  exit( 0 );

if ( ! nx_model = get_kb_item( "cisco/nx_os/model" ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( nx_model =~ "^C?5[0-9]+" ) {
  affected = make_list("7.1(1)N1(1)" );
}

if( nx_model =~ "^C?6[0-9]+" ) {
  affected = make_list( "7.1(1)N1(1)" );
}

foreach af ( affected ) {
  if( version == af ) {
    report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
    security_message( port:0, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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26 Dec 2022 00:00Current
7.6High risk
Vulners AI Score7.6
CVSS 37.5
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.02346
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