What is CVE-2023-20014?

CVE-2023-20014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-20014?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2023-20014

A vulnerability in the DNS functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of DNS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a continuous stream of DNS requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the coredns service to stop working or cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard — versions 1.1(0c), 1.1(0d), 1.1(2h)
Cisco Nexus_dashboard

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20014?: CVE-2023-20014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-20014?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.