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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105705
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco NX-OS Software Link Layer Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20150619-CVE-2015-4197)
Summary:A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP); code of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to crash an; affected device.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
code of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to crash an
affected device.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to an error in parsing a malformed
LLDP packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted, malformed LLDP
packet to an interface enabled for LLDP packet processing.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
6.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4197
BugTraq ID: 75324
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75324
Cisco Security Advisory: 20150619 Cisco NX-OS Software Link Layer Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39421
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032675
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