CVE-2016-1465 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the ESXi hypervisor via crafted CDP packets, causing denial of service on Cisco Nexus 1000v AVS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1465?
CVE-2016-1465 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 28 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1465?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1465?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1465 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-2016-1465 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxrm-5p2x-8w54.