CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-0299
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco NX-OS on the Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switch could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to unexpectedly reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of an SNMP poll request for a specific MIB. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specific SNMP poll request to the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg10442.
Affected configurations
• cisco nx-os 4.1\(2\)e1\(1r\)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041169 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-n4k-snmp-dos Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041169 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-n4k-snmp-dos Vendor Advisory