CVE-2012-4098 (GCVE-0-2012-4098)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-05 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP service reset and resync) via a malformed UPDATE message, aka Bug ID CSCtn13055.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/98129 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Date Public
2013-10-04 00:00
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