Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V

CVE-2013-1209 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The encryption functionality in the Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) to Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) communication component in Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V does not properly authenticate VSM/VEM packets, which allows remote attackers to disable packet-level encryption and integrity protection via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCud14710.

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