Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-0686 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os 6.1(2)I2(3)

047910
CVSS 6.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
cisco
CWE-399
nessus
NVD
Published: 2015-04-03
Updated: 2015-09-29

Summary

The SNMP implementation in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I2(3) on Nexus 9000 devices, when a Reset High Availability (HA) policy is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuq92240.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
1
Hardware
Cisco
7

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SN-CSCUQ92240-NXOS.NASL
descriptionThe remote Cisco Nexus device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the Platform Manager service, part of the SNMP subsystem, when the High Availability (HA) policy is configured to Reset. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to trigger a device reload.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id82666
published2015-04-09
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82666
titleCisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Manager Service DoS
code
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(82666);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-0686");
  script_bugtraq_id(73895);
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCuq92240");

  script_name(english:"Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Manager Service DoS");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the NX-OS version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Cisco Nexus device is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability in the Platform Manager service, part of the SNMP
subsystem, when the High Availability (HA) policy is configured to
Reset. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to trigger a
device reload.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38193");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID
CSCuq92240.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-0686");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/04/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CISCO");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("cisco_nxos_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version", "Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device", "Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("cisco_func.inc");
include("cisco_kb_cmd_func.inc");

device  = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device");
model   = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model");

# only affects nexus 9000 series systems
if (device != 'Nexus' || model !~ '^9[0-9][0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)') audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

version = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version");

flag = 0;
override = 0;

if (version == "6.1(2)I2(3)") flag++;

if (flag && get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled"))
{
  flag = 0;
  buf = cisco_command_kb_item("Host/Cisco/Config/show_version",
                              "show version");
  if (check_cisco_result(buf))
  {
    if (!preg(multiline:TRUE, pattern:"hap reset", string:buf)) { flag++; }
  } else if (cisco_needs_enable(buf)) { flag++; override++; }
}

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  Model             : ' + device + ' ' + model +
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : 6.1(2)I3(1)' +
      '\n';
    security_warning(port:0, extra:report + cisco_caveat(override));
  }
  else security_warning(port:0, extra:cisco_caveat(override));
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

References