CVE-2013-5566 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-5566

Cisco NX-OS 5.0 and earlier on MDS 9000 devices allows...

Vulnerability Description

Cisco NX-OS 5.0 and earlier on MDS 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (supervisor CPU consumption) via Authentication Header (AH) authentication in a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) frame, aka Bug ID CSCte27874.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nx-os
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.0, 4.0\(0\)n1\(1a\), 4.0\(0\)n1\(2\), 4.0\(0\)n1\(2a\), 4.0\(1a\)n1\(1\), 4.0\(1a\)n1\(1a\), 4.0\(1a\)n2\(1\), 4.0\(1a\)n2\(1a\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(1\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(2\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(3\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(3a\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(3b\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(3c\), 4.0\(4\)sv1\(3d\), 4.1\(3\)n1\(1\), 4.1\(3\)n1\(1a\), 4.1\(3\)n2\(1\), 4.1\(3\)n2\(1a\), 4.1.\(2\), 4.1.\(3\), 4.1.\(4\), 4.1.\(5\), 4.2, 4.2\(1\), 4.2\(1\)n1\(1\), 4.2\(1\)n2\(1\), 4.2\(1\)n2\(1a\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(4\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(4a\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1\), 4.2\(2\), 4.2\(3\), 4.2\(4\), 4.2\(6\), 4.2\(8\), 4.2.\(2a\)

Timeline

Official Publish: November 8th, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.