CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2581

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2011-09-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The ACL implementation in Cisco NX-OS 5.0(2) and 5.0(3) before 5.0(3)N2(1) on Nexus 5000 series switches, and NX-OS before 5.0(3)U1(2a) on Nexus 3000 series switches, does not properly handle comments in conjunction with deny statements, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by sending packets, aka Bug IDs CSCto09813 and CSCtr61490.

Affected configurations

• cisco nx-os 5.0\(2\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)n1\(1\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)n1\(1a\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)n1\(1b\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)n1\(1c\) • cisco nexus 5000 • cisco nx-os (<= 5.0\(3\)u1\(2\)) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)u1\(1a\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)u1\(1b\) • cisco nx-os 5.0\(3\)u1\(1d\) • cisco nexus 3000

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References