CVE-2017-3879

published 2017-03-17

CVE-2017-3879: A Denial of Service vulnerability in the remote login functionality for Cisco NX-OS Software running on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an…

Priority P4 31 medium 5.3 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A L

A Denial of Service vulnerability in the remote login functionality for Cisco NX-OS Software running on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a process used for login to terminate unexpectedly and the login attempt to fail. There is no impact to user traffic flowing through the device. The attacker could use either a Telnet or an SSH client for the remote login attempt. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches that are running Cisco NX-OS Software and are configured to allow remote Telnet connections to the device. More Information: CSCuy25824. Known Affected Releases: 7.0(3)I3(1) 8.3(0)CV(0.342) 8.3(0)CV(0.345). Known Fixed Releases: 8.3(0)CV(0.362) 8.0(1) 7.0(3)IED5(0.19) 7.0(3)IED5(0) 7.0(3)I4(1) 7.0(3)I4(0.8) 7.0(3)I2(2e) 7.0(3)F1(1.22) 7.0(3)F1(1) 7.0(3)F1(0.230).

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	nexus_9000_series_switches	—	—
cisco	nx-os	—	—
cisco	nx-os	—	—
cisco	nx-os	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

vendor_cisco 5.3 MEDIUM

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