Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) On 7000 Series Configuration Line-Card Handling Memory Consumption Local DoS Vulnerability
6 May. 2013
Summary
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) on 7000 Series Configuration Line-card Handling Memory Consumption Local suffers from denial of service vulnerability.
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) on 7000 Series Switches contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. This issue is triggered when handling line-card replacements. With a specially crafted configuration that attempts to reference an interface that does not exist on the new card, a local attacker can cause a consumption of memory resources leading to the device becoming unresponsive.