Cisco NX-OS Border Gateway Protocol Component Denial of Service Vulnerability

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  3. Cisco NX-OS Border Gateway Protocol Component Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
Cisco NX-OS is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
Impact
An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the BGP service to reset and resync, denying service to legitimate users.
Solution
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
Insight
This issue is being tracked by Cisco bug ID CSCtn13055.
Affected
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series running on NX-OS.
Detection
Check the NX OS version.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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