Medium severity · published Nov 19, 2016
CVE-2016-6457
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…
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller · Cisco
1.2(2); 1.2(3); 1.3(1); 1.3(2); 2.0(1) · source: NVD
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
11.2(2g); 11.2(2h); 11.2(2i); 11.2(3c); 11.2(3e); 11.2(3h); +9 more · source: NVD
Affected product
AP
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6457
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6457
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185
Mitigation
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic
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