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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107097
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco NX-OS Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20161005-bgp)
Summary:A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP); implementation of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to; cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the device unexpectedly reloading.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
implementation of Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the device unexpectedly reloading.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the
BGP update messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP update
message to the targeted device.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the switch to
reload unexpectedly.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1454
BugTraq ID: 93417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93417
Cisco Security Advisory: 20161005 Cisco NX-OS Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-bgp
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036950
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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