CVE-2021-1231

Published Feb 24, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to disable switching on a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) interface. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of the source of a received LLDP packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted LLDP packet on an SFP interface to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to disable switching on the SFP interface, which could disrupt network traffic.
Source
ykramarz@cisco.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
4.7
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.9
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
5.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-346
ykramarz@cisco.com
CWE-284

Configurations