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CVE-2012-3051

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco NX-OS 5.2 and 6.1 on Nexus 7000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or packet loss) via a large number of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCtr44822.

Affected products

• Cisco Nexus 7000: all versions
• Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot: all versions
• Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot: all versions
• Cisco Nexus 7000 9-Slot: all versions
• Cisco NX-OS: 5.2, 6.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/50671
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/release/notes/52_nx-os_release_note.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55600
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50671
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/release/notes/52_nx-os_release_note.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55600

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