Cisco NX-OS Software Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2015-6260)

Cisco NX-OS Software Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2015-6260)
Cisco NX-OS Software Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2015-6260)

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Affected Systems:

Cisco Nexus 6000
Cisco Nexus 5600
Cisco Nexus 5500

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-6260

Cisco NX-OS is a data center-Level Operating System.

The Cisco Nexus 5500/5600 platform switch and Cisco Nexus 6000 series switch have security vulnerabilities in the SNMP input packet processor, unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause accidental restart of SNMP applications on affected devices.

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Link: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp
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Vendor patch:

Cisco
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Cisco has released a Security Bulletin (cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp) and patches for this:
Cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp: Cisco NX-OS Software SNMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
Link: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-n5ksnmp

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