CVE-2020-3517

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause process crashes, which could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The attack vector is configuration dependent and could be remote or adjacent. For more information about the attack vector, see the Details section of this advisory. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when the affected software parses Cisco Fabric Services messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious Cisco Fabric Services messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of an affected device, which could result in a DoS condition.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.6
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.51

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Fabric Services Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS)NCM
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Fabric Services Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco NX-OS SoftwareNCM
NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3517)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706063Security Update for Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS) 4.1(3a)UCSM
PATCH-1706149Security Update for Cisco NX-OS Software 4.1(3a)UCSM

References

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