A vulnerability in the VXLAN Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, known as NGOAM, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of specific packets with a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) OAM EtherType. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets, including the TRILL OAM EtherType of 0x8902, to a device that is part of a VXLAN Ethernet VPN (EVPN) fabric. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an affected device to experience high CPU usage and consume excessive system resources, which may result in overall control plane instability and cause the affected device to reload. Note: The NGOAM feature is disabled by default.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2021-08-25T19:11:06.170453Z

Updated: 2024-11-07T22:02:26.359Z

Reserved: 2020-11-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-1587

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:18:10.415Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-25T20:15:11.417

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:28:42.820

Link: CVE-2021-1587

cve-icon Redhat

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