CVE-2020-3119

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a reload on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the Cisco Discovery Protocol parser does not properly validate input for certain fields in a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. An successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on an affected device. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).

Risk Information

Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
7.914

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco NX-OS SoftwareNCM
Cisco NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI ModeNCM
Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3119)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706149Security Update for Cisco NX-OS Software 4.1(3a)UCSM
PATCH-1706155Security Update for Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode 5.2(1)SV5(1.3b)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234