Summary
Cisco NX-OS is prone to denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle the BGP updates.
Impact
An attacker can exploit this issue to cause all BGP sessions on the device to reset, denying service to legitimate users.
Solution
Updates are available.
Insight
This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCuj03174.
Affected
Cisco Nexus 7000 running NX-OS 6.2(2)S27
Detection
Check the NX OS version.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-6982 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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