Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I2(3) on Nexus 9000 Reset High Availability Policy resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I2(3) on Nexus 9000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Reset High Availability Policy Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-0686. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I2(3) on Nexus 9000 (Router Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Reset High Availability Policy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I2(3) on Nexus 9000 devices, when a Reset High Availability (HA) policy is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuq92240.

The weakness was presented 04/03/2015 with Cisco as 38193 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-0686 since 01/07/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82666 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is . The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43461 (Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20150402-CVE-2015-0686)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102125), Tenable (82666), SecurityFocus (BID 73895†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032021†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49476†). See VDB-74602 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 82666
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OpenVAS ID: 103402
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 38193
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0686 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0686
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74603
X-Force: 102125 - Cisco Nexus 9000 denial of service
SecurityFocus: 73895 - Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series CVE-2015-0686 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032021 - Cisco Nexus 9000 SNMP Subsystem Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 49476 - Cisco NX-OS Remote DoS in SNMP Implementation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2015 10:47
Updated: 05/02/2022 14:38
Changes: 04/03/2015 10:47 (74), 06/25/2017 08:40 (7), 05/02/2022 14:38 (3)
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