Cisco NX-OS Improper Input Validation (CVE-2012-4091)

The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service engine restart via a malformed 1 RIPv4 or 2 RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information...

CVE-2012-4091

Cisco NX-OS RIP service engine is affected by CVE-2012-4091. A remote attacker can trigger a DoS (engine restart) by sending malformed RIP packets (RIPv4 or RIPv6) to UDP port 520. Impact is a DoS affecting routes learned via RIP. Remediation: Cisco has issued an advisory and software updates add...