A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) could allow an attacker to cause ESXi hypervisor crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2016-1465 | 28 Jul 201601:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Out-of-bounds | 28 Jul 201601:59 | – | prion |
![]() | CVE-2016-1465 | 28 Jul 201601:59 | – | cve |
![]() | Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability | 27 Jul 201616:00 | – | cisco |
![]() | CVE-2016-1465 | 28 Jul 201601:59 | – | nvd |
![]() | Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet Processing Denial of Service (CVE-2016-1465) | 25 Jul 202300:00 | – | nessus |
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CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105836");
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:"2016-07-29 18:14:02 +0200 (Fri, 29 Jul 2016)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:"2017-09-01 01:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 01 Sep 2017)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1465");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch Cisco Discovery Protocol Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160727-avs)");
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 Cisco Discovery Protocol packet processing
for the Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote
attacker to cause the ESXi hypervisor to crash and display a purple diagnostic screen, resulting
in a denial of service (DoS) condition.");
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 insufficient input validation of
Cisco Discovery Protocol packets, which could result in a crash of the ESXi hypervisor due to an
out-of-bound memory access.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a
crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to a targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker
to cause a 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-20160727-avs");
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( "1000V" >< nx_model ) {
affected = make_list(
"4.0(4)SV1(1)",
"4.0(4)SV1(2)",
"4.0(4)SV1(3)",
"4.0(4)SV1(3a)",
"4.0(4)SV1(3b)",
"4.0(4)SV1(3c)",
"4.0(4)SV1(3d)",
"4.2(1)SV1(4)",
"4.2(1)SV1(4a)",
"4.2(1)SV1(4b)",
"4.2(1)SV1(5.1)",
"4.2(1)SV1(5.1a)",
"4.2(1)SV1(5.2)",
"4.2(1)SV1(5.2b)",
"4.2(1)SV2(1.1)",
"4.2(1)SV2(1.1a)",
"4.2(1)SV2(2.1)",
"4.2(1)SV2(2.1a)",
"5.2(1)SV3(1.1)",
"5.2(1)SV3(1.3)",
"5.2(1)SV3(1.4)"
);
}
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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