Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw can let someone on the same local network segment disrupt affected Cisco infrastructure by triggering a device restart through Cisco Discovery Protocol processing. The business concern is availability: firewalls, fabric interconnects, and data center switches may briefly go offline if vulnerable and reachable by an adjacent attacker. Exposure is most likely on Cisco data center, storage, security, and UCS infrastructure running or based on NX-OS, FXOS, or UCS Manager where CDP is enabled on links reachable by adjacent systems. Treat this as a high-priority availability risk for critical Cisco infrastructure, especially in data center or security paths. It is not described as data theft or remote internet compromise, but device restarts on core infrastructure can still create material outage impact. Mitigation focus: Review Cisco advisory cisco-sa-20180620-nxos-cdp for fixed releases and workarounds.; Inventory affected Cisco Firepower, MDS, Nexus, and UCS product families.; Prioritize upgrade planning where Cisco confirms vulnerable software is present..
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-nxos-cdpCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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