Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IOS on ASR 9000 Devices
CVE-2015-6301

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Ios Xr
Asr 9001
Asr 9006
Asr 9010
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 September 2015

Summary

The DHCPv6 server in Cisco IOS on ASR 9000 devices running software version 5.2.0 Base is susceptible to a denial of service attack. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted packets, leading to a process reset. This issue is documented under Bug ID CSCun72171 and poses a significant risk to the availability and reliability of affected devices.

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertI...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033623
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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