Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-6392 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
cisco
CWE-399
nessus
NVD
Published: 2016-10-06
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Cisco NX-OS 4.1 through 7.3 and 11.0 through 11.2 on Nexus 2000, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted IPv4 DHCP packets to the (1) DHCPv4 relay agent or (2) smart relay agent, aka Bug IDs CSCuq24603, CSCur93159, CSCus21693, and CSCut76171.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
105
Hardware
Cisco
39

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20161005-DHCP1-NXOS.NASL
descriptionAccording to its version and configuration, the Cisco NX-OS software running on the remote device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the DHCPv4 relay agent and smart relay agent due to improper validation of DHCPv4 packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted DHCPv4 packet, to cause the affected device to reload.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id95256
published2016-11-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95256
titleCisco NX-OS DHCPv4 Crafted Packet DoS (cisco-sa-20161005-dhcp1)
code
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(95256);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6392");
  script_bugtraq_id(93406);
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCuq24603");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCur93159");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCus21693");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCut76171");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20161005-dhcp1");

  script_name(english:"Cisco NX-OS DHCPv4 Crafted Packet DoS (cisco-sa-20161005-dhcp1)");
  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:
"According to its version and configuration, the Cisco NX-OS software
running on the remote device is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability in the DHCPv4 relay agent and smart relay agent due to
improper validation of DHCPv4 packets. An unauthenticated, remote
attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted DHCPv4 packet, to
cause the affected device to reload.");
  # https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-dhcp1
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2f80fa40");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco security
advisory cisco-sa-20161005-dhcp1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-6392");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/10/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/22");

  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) 2016-2020 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");
version = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version");

# Only affects Nexus
if (device != 'Nexus')
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

flag = 0;
override = 0;
fix = NULL;

########################################
# Model 5000
########################################
if (model =~ "^50[0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)")
{
  if (version =~ "^([0-4]|5\.[0-2])([^0-9])")
    fix = "5.2(1)N1(9)";
}
########################################
# Models 2k, 5500, 5600, 6k
########################################
else if (model =~ "^([26][0-9]|5[56][0-9]?)[0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)")
{
  if (version =~ "^([0-4]|5\.[0-2])([^0-9])")
    fix = "5.2(1)N1(9)";
  else if (version =~ "^6\.0([^0-9])")
    fix = "6.0(2)N2(7)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.0([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.0(6)N1(1)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.1([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.1(1)N1(1)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.2([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.2(0)N1(1)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.3([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.3(0)N1(1)";
}
########################################
# Model 7k
########################################
else if (model =~ "^7[0-9][0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)")
{
  if (version =~ "^[0-6]\.")
    fix = "6.2(16)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.2([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.2(0)D1(1)";
  else if (version =~ "^7\.3([^0-9])")
    fix = "7.3(0)D1(1)";
}
########################################
# Model 9k
########################################
else if (model =~ "^9[0-9][0-9][0-9]([^0-9]|$)")
{
  if (version =~ "^(6\.1|7\.0)([^0-9]|$)")
    fix = "7.0(3)I1(1)";
  else if (version =~ "^11\.")
    fix = "11.1(1)";
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "an affected model");

# Check if version is below the fix available
if (!isnull(fix) && cisco_gen_ver_compare(a:version, b:fix) < 0)
  flag = TRUE;
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "an affected NXOS release");

# Check for DHCP configured
if (get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled"))
{
  if (flag)
  {
    flag = 0;
    buf = cisco_command_kb_item("Host/Cisco/Config/show_running_include_dhcp", "show running | include dhcp");
    if (check_cisco_result(buf))
    {
      if (preg(pattern:"^\s*ip dhcp relay", multiline:TRUE, string:buf)) { flag = TRUE; }
      else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected due to vulnerable feature not enabled");
    }
    else if (cisco_needs_enable(buf)) { flag = TRUE; override = TRUE; }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_cisco(
    port     : 0,
    severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
    version  : version,
    bug_id   : "CSCuq24603, CSCur93159, CSCus21693, CSCut76171",
    override : override
  );
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

References