Vulnerability Bulletins

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI Mode Link Layer Discovery Protocol Memory Leak Denial of Service Vulnerability


System information

   
Affected software Cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) feature for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, which could result in an unexpected reload of the device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect error checking when parsing ingress LLDP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of crafted LLDP packets to an affected

More info:

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aci-lldp-dos-ySCNZOpX?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory&vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence&vs_type=RSS&vs_p=Cisco%20Nexus%209000%20Series%20Fabric%20Switches%20in%20ACI%20Mode%20Link%20Layer%20Discovery%20Protocol%20Memory%20Leak%20Denial%20of%20Service%20Vulnerability&vs_k=1

Standar resources

Property Value
CVE CVE-2023-20089.

Version history

Version Comments Date
1.0 Advisory issued 2023-02-23
Ministerio de Defensa
CNI
CCN
CCN-CERT