CVE-2016-6457

MEDIUM

Cisco Nexus 9000 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241. Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x). Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 57.9%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119
Status published

Affected Products (21)

cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
cisco/nx-os
... and 6 more

Timeline

Published Nov 19, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026