Cisco Nexus Dashboard Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the DNS functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of DNS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a continuous stream of DNS requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the coredns service to stop working or cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-20014US | high7.5 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the DNS functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Denial of Service Vulnerabilityself
- Cisco Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- considering software upgradesexternal
- free software updatesexternal
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/end-user-license-agreement.htmlexternal
- Cisco Support and Downloads pageexternal
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-cisco-worldwide-contacts.htmlexternal
remediations (1)
- FixedCisco Nexus Dashboard
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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