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CVE-2023-20014 (GCVE-0-2023-20014)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 15:24 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:57
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the DNS functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of DNS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a continuous stream of DNS requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the coredns service to stop working or cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
CWE
  • CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Nexus Dashboard Affected: 1.1(0c)
Affected: 1.1(0d)
Affected: 1.1(2h)
Affected: 1.1(2i)
Affected: 1.1(3c)
Affected: 1.1(3d)
Affected: 1.1(3e)
Affected: 1.1(3f)
Affected: 2.0(1b)
Affected: 2.0(1d)
Affected: 2.0(2g)
Affected: 2.0(2h)
Affected: 2.1(1d)
Affected: 2.1(1e)
Affected: 2.1(2d)
Affected: 2.1(2f)
Affected: 2.2(1e)
Affected: 2.2(1h)
Affected: 2.2(2d)
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