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Cisco NX-OS Software Network Time Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

cisco-sa-20190828-nxos-ntp-dos · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol (NTP) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive use of system resources when the affected device is logging a drop action for received MODE_PRIVATE (Mode 7) NTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by flooding the device with a steady stream of Mode 7 NTP packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause high CPU and memory usage on the affected device, which could cause internal system processes to restart or cause the affected device to unexpectedly reload. Note: The NTP feature is enabled by default. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190828-nxos-ntp-dos

Cisco advisory ·CSAF JSON

Workarounds

Administrators can use the following configuration command on affected devices to reduce the logging level for daemons from the default value of 3 to 2:

logging level daemon 2

This would eliminate device exposure to this issue but would cause the affected device to stop logging other syslog messages that might be useful to monitor device operations.

Customers who are not using the NTP feature can disable it with the no feature ntp configuration command.

CVEsCVE-2019-1967
Cisco Bug IDsCSCvm35740, CSCvm51138, CSCvm51139, CSCvm51142
CVSS ScoreBase 8.6
Base 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
Product Names From Source
Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(4), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(4a), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(5), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(6), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(7), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(7a), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(7b), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(8), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(9), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(10a), Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A8(10), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(3a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(4), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(3c), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)F3(5), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(4), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(5), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(6), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(7), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(8), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(8a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(8b), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(8z), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(1t), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(6t), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I4(9), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I5(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I5(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I5(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I5(3a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I5(3b), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I6(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I6(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(4), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(5), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(5a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)I7(3z), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)D1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)DX(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)DY(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)N1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)N1(1b), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(0)N1(1a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(1)D1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(1)DY(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(1)N1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)D1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)D1(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)D1(3), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)D1(3a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)D1(1d), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)N1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)N1(1b), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(2)N1(1c), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(3)N1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.1(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.1(2a), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.1(1a), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.1(1b), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.2(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.2(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 8.3(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 9.2(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(4)N1(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.3(4)N1(1a), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)IA7(1), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)IA7(2), Cisco NX-OS Software 7.0(3)IM7(2), Cisco NX-OS Software, Cisco MDS 9000 Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches, Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

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