CVE-2016-6457

CVSS V2 Medium 6.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6457
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-19T03:03:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-12-14T20:59:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:2.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2g\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(1i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1n\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1p\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1q\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_92160yc-x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_92304qc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9236c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9272q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93108tc-ex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93120tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93128tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_93180yc-ex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9332pq:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9336pq_aci_spine:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372px:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9372tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9396px:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9396tx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9504:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9508:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9516:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.5
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6457
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6457
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:41:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:06:43 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 12:06:43 2016-11-19T03:03Z 2016-11-19T03:03:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:06:43 2021-12-14T20:59:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:06:43 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated