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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches Access-Control Filtering Mechanisms Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A vulnerability in certain access-control filtering mechanisms on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass defined traffic configured within an access control list (ACL) on the affected system.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to the device failing to inspect specific traffic when other ACL checking mechanisms are in place. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing crafted commands for which a particular ACL would not match defined traffic.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.