VYPR
Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-3879

CVE-2017-3879

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability in the remote login functionality for Cisco NX-OS Software running on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a process used for login to terminate unexpectedly and the login attempt to fail. There is no impact to user traffic flowing through the device. The attacker could use either a Telnet or an SSH client for the remote login attempt. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches that are running Cisco NX-OS Software and are configured to allow remote Telnet connections to the device. More Information: CSCuy25824. Known Affected Releases: 7.0(3)I3(1) 8.3(0)CV(0.342) 8.3(0)CV(0.345). Known Fixed Releases: 8.3(0)CV(0.362) 8.0(1) 7.0(3)IED5(0.19) 7.0(3)IED5(0) 7.0(3)I4(1) 7.0(3)I4(0.8) 7.0(3)I2(2e) 7.0(3)F1(1.22) 7.0(3)F1(1) 7.0(3)F1(0.230).

Affected products

3
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0\(3\)i3\(0.170\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0\(3\)i3\(0.170\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:8.3\(0\)cv\(0.342\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:8.3\(0\)cv\(0.345\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

3

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.