How severe is CVE-2011-2057?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2011-2057?

This is classified as CWE-20, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2011-2057

HIGH Year: 2011

CVSS v3 Score

7.5

High

CVSS v2 Score

5.0

Medium

Weakness Type

CWE-20

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Vulnerability Description

The cat6000-dot1x component in Cisco IOS 12.2 before 12.2(33)SXI7 does not properly handle (1) a loop between a dot1x enabled port and an open-authentication dot1x enabled port and (2) a loop between a dot1x enabled port and a non-dot1x port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic storm) via unspecified vectors that trigger many Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) frames, aka Bug ID CSCtq36327.

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