Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 6.1 on Nexus 1000V 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 devices and Unified Computing System (UCS) platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP stack reload) by sending crafted TCP packets to a device that has a TIME_WAIT TCP session, aka Bug ID CSCub70579.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0718
Reference (s):
- CISCO:20160302 Cisco NX-OS Software TCP Netstack Denial of Service Vulnerability
- URL: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-netstack
- SECTRACK:1035159
- URL: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035159
- SECTRACK:1035160