CVE-2012-0352 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the netstack process and reload Cisco Nexus switches by sending a malformed IP packet.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0352?
CVE-2012-0352 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 16 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco NX-OS 4.2.x before 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) on Nexus 1000v series switches; 4.x and 5.0.x before 5.0(2)N1(1) on Nexus 5000 series switches; and 4.2.x before 4.2.8, 5.0.x before 5.0.5, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (netstack process crash and device reload) via a malformed IP packet, aka Bug IDs CSCti23447, CSCti49507, and CSCtj01991.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0352?
It affects 12 products.
Products include Cisco Nexus 1000v, Cisco Nexus 5000, Cisco Nexus 5010, Cisco Nexus 5020, Cisco Nexus 5548p, Cisco Nexus 5548up and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0352?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0352 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-0352 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0352 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r3cp-57hj-ff8c.