Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Remote Login Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170315-nss1)

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CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106658");
  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:"2017-03-16 11:41:10 +0700 (Thu, 16 Mar 2017)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-12 01:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 12 Jul 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-3879");

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

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

  script_name("Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Remote Login Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170315-nss1)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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 remote login functionality for Cisco
  NX-OS Software running on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote
  attacker to cause a process used for login to terminate unexpectedly and the login attempt to
  fail. There is no impact to user traffic flowing through the device. The attacker could use
  either a Telnet or an SSH client for the remote login attempt.");

  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 handling of failed
  authentication during login. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to log in
  remotely to the device.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a login process to
  terminate unexpectedly.");

  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-20170315-nss1");

  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 (nx_model !~ "^C?[0-9]{3}")
  exit(0);

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

affected = make_list(
  "7.0(3)I3(1)",
  "8.3(0)CV(0.342)",
  "8.3(0)CV(0.345)");

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);