FKIE_CVE-2016-6457

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-11-19 03:03 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241. Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x). Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).
References
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapicMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapicMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 1.2\(2\)
cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 1.2\(3\)
cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 1.3\(1\)
cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 1.3\(2\)
cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 2.0\(1\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(2g\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(2h\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(2i\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(3c\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(3e\)
cisco nx-os 11.2\(3h\)
cisco nx-os 11.3\(1i\)
cisco nx-os 11.3\(2f\)
cisco nx-os 11.3\(2h\)
cisco nx-os 11.3\(2i\)
cisco nx-os 12.0\(1m\)
cisco nx-os 12.0\(1n\)
cisco nx-os 12.0\(1o\)
cisco nx-os 12.0\(1p\)
cisco nx-os 12.0\(1q\)
cisco nexus_92160yc-x -
cisco nexus_92304qc -
cisco nexus_9236c -
cisco nexus_9272q -
cisco nexus_93108tc-ex -
cisco nexus_93120tx -
cisco nexus_93128tx -
cisco nexus_93180yc-ex -
cisco nexus_9332pq -
cisco nexus_9336pq_aci_spine -
cisco nexus_9372px -
cisco nexus_9372tx -
cisco nexus_9396px -
cisco nexus_9396tx -
cisco nexus_9504 -
cisco nexus_9508 -
cisco nexus_9516 -
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:51:03.797",
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