CVE-2012-4091 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RIP service engine of Cisco NX-OS, affecting Cisco NX-OS products. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an engine restart by sending a malformed RIPv4 or RIPv6 message. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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