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CVE-2021-1587

Cisco NX-OS Software VXLAN OAM (NGOAM) Denial of Service Vulnerability PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A vulnerability in the VXLAN Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, known as NGOAM, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of specific packets with a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) OAM EtherType. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets, including the TRILL OAM EtherType of 0x8902, to a device that is part of a VXLAN Ethernet VPN (EVPN) fabric. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an affected device to experience high CPU usage and consume excessive system resources, which may result in overall control plane instability and cause the affected device to reload. Note: The NGOAM feature is disabled by default.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Cisco / Cisco NX-OS Softwareaffected n/a

CWE

CWE-115

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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