CVE-2019-1967 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Cisco Nx-os Software
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 30
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol (NTP) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive use of system resources when the affected device is logging a drop action for received MODE_PRIVATE (Mode 7) NTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by flooding the device with a steady stream of Mode 7 NTP packets. A successful exploit could al…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6