CVE-2013-6982

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS 6.2(2a) and earlier does not properly handle the interaction of UPDATE messages with IPv6, VPNv4, and VPNv6 labeled unicast-address families, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peer reset) via a crafted message, aka Bug ID CSCuj03174.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: through 6.2\(2a\); 4.0, 4.0(0)n1(1a), 4.0(0)n1(2), 4.0(0)n1(2a), 4.0(1a)n1(1), 4.0(1a)n1(1a) (+93)

References

http://osvdb.org/101713
http://secunia.com/advisories/56169
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6982
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32325
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64670
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029568
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90119
http://osvdb.org/101713
http://secunia.com/advisories/56169
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6982
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32325
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64670

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