What is CVE-2019-1617?

CVE-2019-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco N9k-c92160yc-x, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-1617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco N9k-c92160yc-x

CVE-2019-1617

A vulnerability in the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) N-port Virtualization (NPV) protocol implementation in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulne…

EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco N9k-c92160yc-x
Cisco N9k-c9236c
Cisco N9k-c9272q
Cisco N9k-c93180lc-ex
Cisco N9k-c93180yc-ex
Cisco N9k-c93180yc-fx
Cisco N9k-x9732c-ex
Cisco N9k-x9736c-fx
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches In Standalone Nx-os Mode — versions unspecified, unspecified
Cisco Nx-os

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-913 — Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1617?: CVE-2019-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco N9k-c92160yc-x, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-1617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.