A vulnerability in the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol of Cisco NX-OS Software for the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the IS-IS process to unexpectedly restart, which could cause an affected device to reload.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when parsing an ingress IS-IS packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IS-IS packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the unexpected restart of the IS-IS process, which could cause the affected device to reload. Note: The IS-IS protocol is a routing protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be Layer 2 adjacent to the affected device.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2023-08-23T18:19:45.317Z
Updated: 2024-08-02T09:05:36.905Z
Reserved: 2022-10-27T18:47:50.362Z
Link: CVE-2023-20169
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-08-23T19:15:07.893
Modified: 2024-01-25T17:15:32.007
Link: CVE-2023-20169
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