What is CVE-2017-12342?

CVE-2017-12342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-12342?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os

CVE-2017-12342

A vulnerability in the Open Agent Container (OAC) feature of Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to read and send packets outside the scope of the OAC. The vulnerability is due to insufficient interna…

EPSS: 0.001 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Nx-os — versions 7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\), 8.1\(1\)
N/a Cisco Nexus Series Switches — versions Cisco Nexus Series Switches

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12342?: CVE-2017-12342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-12342?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.