CVE-2012-6396

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 series switches does not properly handle certain line-card replacements, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted configuration that references interfaces that do not exist on the new card, aka Bug ID CSCud44300.

Cisco NX-OS en las series de switches Nexus 7000 no manejan remplazamientos line-card, lo que permite a usuarios autenticados de forma remota causar una denegación de servicios (consumo de memoria) a través de una configuración manipulada que referencia interfaces que no existen en la nueva tarjeta, también conocido como Bug ID CSCud44300

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-12-16 CVE Reserved
2013-01-19 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028018	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-6396	2013-02-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nx-os Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nx-os"	-	-	Affected	in	Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nexus 7000 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nexus 7000"	-	-	Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nx-os Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nx-os"	-	-	Affected	in	Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nexus 7000 10-slot Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nexus 7000 10-slot"	-	-	Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nx-os Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nx-os"	-	-	Affected	in	Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nexus 7000 18-slot Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nexus 7000 18-slot"	-	-	Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nx-os Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nx-os"	-	-	Affected	in	Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"	Nexus 7000 9-slot Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Nexus 7000 9-slot"	-	-	Affected