Vigil@nce - Cisco Nexus 3000: denial of service via Nexus Data Broker
October 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use Nexus Data Broker of Cisco Nexus 3000, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: Cisco Nexus, NX-OS.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 13/08/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco Nexus 3000 product offers a Nexus Data Broker service.
However, a malformed connection to the Java application generates
a fatal error in Nexus Data Broker.
An attacker can therefore use Nexus Data Broker of Cisco Nexus
3000, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Nexus-3000-denial-of-service-via-Nexus-Data-Broker-17669