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CVE-2021-1230


A vulnerability with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a routing process to crash, which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to an issue with the installation of routes upon receipt of a BGP update. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP update to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the routing process to crash, which could cause the device to reload. This vulnerability applies to both Internal BGP (IBGP) and External BGP (EBGP). Note: The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic from explicitly configured peers only. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specific BGP update message over an established TCP connection that appears to come from a trusted BGP peer.


Published

2021-02-24T20:15:12.817

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:43:53.000

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.6 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-233
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1m\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1n\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1p\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1q\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(1r\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2g\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2m\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2n\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.0\(2o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(1h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(1i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(2e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(2g\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(2k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(3g\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(3h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(3j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.1\(4a\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(1k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(1n\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(1o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(2q\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(3j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(3p\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(3r\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(3s\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(3t\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(4f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(4p\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(4q\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.2\(4r\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 12.3\(1p\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.0\(1k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.0\(2h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.0\(2k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.0\(2n\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(1i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2m\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2p\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2q\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2s\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2t\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2u\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.1\(2v\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(1l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(1m\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(2l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(2o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3n\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3r\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(3s\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(4d\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(4e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(5d\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(5e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(5f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(6i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(7f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(7k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(8d\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(9b\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(9f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(9h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 13.2\(41d\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.0\(1h\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.0\(2c\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.0\(3c\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.0\(3d\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(1i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(1j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(1k\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(1l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2g\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2m\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2o\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2s\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2u\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2w\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.1\(2x\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(1i\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(1j\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(1l\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(2e\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(2f\) Yes
Operating System cisco nx-os 14.2\(2g\) Yes
Hardware cisco nexus_9000v - No
Hardware cisco nexus_92160yc-x - No
Hardware cisco nexus_92300yc - No
Hardware cisco nexus_92304qc - No
Hardware cisco nexus_92348gc-x - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9236c - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9272q - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93108tc-ex - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93108tc-ex-24 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93108tc-fx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93108tc-fx-24 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93120tx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93128tx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9316d-gx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180lc-ex - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-ex - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-ex-24 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-fx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-fx-24 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-fx3 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93180yc-fx3s - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93216tc-fx2 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93240yc-fx2 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9332c - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9332pq - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93360yc-fx2 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9336c-fx2 - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9336c-fx2-e - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9336pq_aci_spine - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9348gc-fxp - No
Hardware cisco nexus_93600cd-gx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9364c - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9364c-gx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9372px - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9372px-e - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9372tx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9372tx-e - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9396px - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9396tx - No
Hardware cisco nexus_9508 - No

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