Symptom
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol service of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the service to restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of Cisco Discovery Protocol messages that are processed by the Cisco Discovery Protocol service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol service to fail and restart. In rare conditions, repeated failures of the process could occur, which could cause the entire device to restart.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
This advisory is available at the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cdp-dos-G8DPLWYG
The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) validates only the affected and fixed release information that is documented in this advisory.
Conditions
Please refer to the Security Advisory.
Workaround
Please refer to the Security Advisory.
Further Problem Description
Please refer to the Security Advisory.
PSIRT Evaluation
The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 3 score. The Base CVSS score as of the time of evaluation is 4.3:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/cvssCalculator.x?vector=CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE ID CVE-2022-20625 has been assigned to document this issue.
Information about Fixed, Vulnerable, and Nonvulnerable releases--as well as information about fixed release availability--is not maintained by Cisco PSIRT. Please refer to the appropriate fields in this bug. If you require additional help to obtain this information, please open a support case with your support organization.
Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html
