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Rewterz penetration testing services help organizations determine if a cyber attacker can gain access to their critical assets while giving them detailed insights of the overall business impact of a cyber attack.
Before Rewterz got its start, the market was in dire need of a specialized and dedicated information security company. It was nearly impossible for businesses to find a trustworthy provider that could truly cover all of their bases. We wanted to meet this need, giving companies across the globe a chance to get ahead while knowing that their data is in good hands.
Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
A vulnerability has been reported in multiple Cisco Nexus Switches, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
An error related to the network stack when allocating and freeing memory buffers can be exploited to exhaust available buffers and subsequently cause a DoS condition via specially crafted TCP streams.
Impact
Denial of Service
Affected Products
This vulnerability affects the following Cisco products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco NX-OS Software:
Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V
Nexus 1000V Switch for VMware vSphere
Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Nexus 3500 Platform Switches
Nexus 3600 Platform Switches
Nexus 5500 Platform Switches
Nexus 5600 Platform Switches
Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Nexus 7700 Series Switches
Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode
Nexus 9500 R-Series Line Cards and Fabric Modules
UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects1
UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects1
UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects1
Remediation
Cisco has released free software updates that address the vulnerability described in this advisory.