CVE-2021-1231

Description

A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to disable switching on a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) interface. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of the source of a received LLDP packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted LLDP packet on an SFP interface to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to disable switching on the SFP interface, which could disrupt network traffic.

Risk Information

Base Score
4.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.117

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Link Layer Discovery Protocol Port Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI ModeNCM
Origin Validation Error Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1231)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
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