CVE-2016-1454 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a device reload via crafted BGP UPDATE messages, impacting network availability on Cisco NX-OS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1454?
CVE-2016-1454 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 6 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 7.3 and 11.0 through 11.2 on 1000v, 2000, 3000, 3500, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by leveraging a peer relationship to send a crafted BGP UPDATE message, aka Bug IDs CSCuq77105 and CSCux11417.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1454?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1454?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1454 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-2016-1454 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1454 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3hgg-2mhh-39vr.