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CVE-2022-20623

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

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*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability in the rate limiter for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) traffic of Cisco NX-OS Software for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause BFD traffic to be dropped on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error in the BFD rate limiter functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of traffic through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause BFD traffic to be dropped, resulting in BFD session flaps. BFD session flaps can cause route instability and dropped traffic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability applies to both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.

Una vulnerabilidad en el limitador de velocidad para el tráfico de detección de reenvío bidireccional (BFD) del software Cisco NX-OS para los switches Cisco Nexus de la serie 9000 podría permitir a un atacante remoto no autenticado hacer que se pierda el tráfico BFD en un dispositivo afectado. Esta vulnerabilidad se debe a un error lógico en la funcionalidad del limitador de velocidad BFD. Un atacante podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad enviando un flujo de tráfico manipulado a través del dispositivo. Una explotación exitosa podría permitir al atacante causar la caída del tráfico BFD, resultando en la interrupción de la sesión BFD. Las interrupciones de la sesión BFD pueden causar inestabilidad en la ruta y la caída del tráfico, lo que resulta en una condición de denegación de servicio (DoS). Esta vulnerabilidad se aplica tanto al tráfico IPv4 como al IPv6

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-11-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-02-23 CVE Published
  • 2023-09-16 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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N9k-c92160yc-x
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c92300yc
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c92304qc
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9232c
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c92348gc-x
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9236c
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9272q
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93108tc-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93108tc-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9316d-gx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93180lc-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93180yc-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93180yc-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93180yc2-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93216tc-fx2
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93240yc-fx2
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9332c
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93360yc-fx2
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9336c-fx2
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9348gc-fxp
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c93600cd-gx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9364c
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-c9364c-gx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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>= 7.0\(3\)i6\(2\) <= 9.3\(8\)
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N9k-x97160yc-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x97284yc-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9732c-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9732c-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9736c-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9736c-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9788tc-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x97160yc-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x97284yc-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9732c-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9732c-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9736c-ex
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9736c-fx
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Cisco
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Nx-os
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N9k-x9788tc-fx
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