CVE-2001-0429 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches running CATOS 6.1(2) and earlier. An attacker can trigger a network storm by sending an 802.1x frame to a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked port, causing the switch to forward it. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to partial availability impact. There is no known exploit code publicly available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5\(11\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:4.5\(11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:4.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5\(4b\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:5.5\(4b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:5.5\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(1c\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:6.1\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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