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CVE-2015-6260 (GCVE-0-2015-6260)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-03 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15
VLAI
Summary
Cisco NX-OS 7.1(1)N1(1) on Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 devices does not properly validate PDUs in SNMP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SNMP application restart) via a crafted packet, aka Bug ID CSCut84645.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035158 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Date Public
2016-03-02 00:00
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