Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6457
CVE-2016-6457
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241. Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x). Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).
Affected products
20cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.2\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:1.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller:2.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2g\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2g\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(2i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.2\(3h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(1i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.3\(2i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1n\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1o\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1p\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:12.0\(1q\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapicnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
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