Security Advisory

CVE-2024-20446

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-08-28 16:31:32
Last updated 2024-08-28 18:49:32
Assigner cisco
State PUBLISHED

Description

A vulnerability in the DHCPv6 relay agent of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of specific fields in a DHCPv6 RELAY-REPLY message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DHCPv6 packet to any IPv6 address that is configured on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the dhcp_snoop process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition.