CVE-2018-0378 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 Series Switches running Cisco NX-OS Software, stemming from insufficient protection against Precision Time Protocol (PTP) frame flood attacks. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending high volumes of malicious PTP traffic, leading to a DoS condition impacting device traffic. Rated 8.6 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and a severe impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.3\(2\)n1\(0.8\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.3\(2\)n1\(0.8\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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