High severity · published Aug 25, 2022
CVE-2022-20823
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an…
8.6
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the OSPF version 3 (OSPFv3) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of specific OSPFv3 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious OSPFv3 link-state advertisement (LSA) to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPFv3 process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition. Note: The OSPFv3 feature is disabled by default. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to establish a full OSPFv3 neighbor state with an affected device. For more information about exploitation conditions, see the Details section of this advisory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
N3
Nexus 3016 Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3016q Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3048 Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064 Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064-32t Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064-t Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064-x Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064t Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3064x Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3100 Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3100-v Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
N3
Nexus 3100-z Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20823
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20823
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-ospfv3-dos-48qutcu
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