01 Record
CVE-2012-4099
The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP service reset and resync) via a malformed UPDATE message, aka
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP service reset and resync) via a malformed UPDATE message, aka
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-10-14 01:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-07-31
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0963947564a76520804156a4e6ebb92e3fb168230011be0fd556e4f612fb3461
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- tools.cisco.com20131004 Cisco NX-OS Software BGP Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4099
- osvdb.org98130http://osvdb.org/98130