CVE-2012-3051 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches. An attacker on the same network segment can trigger a process crash or packet loss by sending a high volume of ARP packets. With a CVSS score of 6.1, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local network access but no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000_10-slot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_7000_18-slot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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