CVE-2016-6457 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches in ACI mode and the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this flaw to disrupt device operations. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires adjacent network access and has low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:2.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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