CVE-2001-0429

Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series Switches <= 6.1(2) - Denial of Service via 802.1x Frame Forwarding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches 6.1(2) and earlier will forward an 802.1x frame on a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked port, which causes a network storm and a denial of service.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_cisco
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cat5k-8021x-vuln-pub.shtml
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2604
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6379
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory government-resource x_refsource_ciac
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-072.shtml

Scores

EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 70.3%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
cisco/catos 4.5\(11\)
cisco/catos 4.5.10
cisco/catos 5.5\(4b\)
cisco/catos 5.5\(6\)
cisco/catos 6.1\(1c\)
cisco/catos 6.1\(2\)
cisco/catos 6.1.2
Published Jul 02, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026