VMware vSphere Security Cookbook

Network vulnerabilities

Network vulnerabilities are the most exploited type of vulnerability due to the large population of devices connected to the Internet. Network vulnerabilities affect endpoint devices, such as web servers, and core devices, such as routers and switches.

Network vulnerabilities across many vendors currently exist. Here are two example vulnerabilities from Cisco. Both represent bugs in the switch-level OS. This vulnerability is listed in the National Vulnerability Database (http://nvd.nist.gov) as follows:

Note

National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability summary for CVE-2013-5566

Original release date: 11/08/2013

Last revised: 11/08/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cisco NX-OS 5.0 and earlier-on MDS 9000 devices allows ...