CVE-2014-3343 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the DHCPv6 daemon in Cisco IOS XR by sending malformed packets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-3343?

CVE-2014-3343 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 10 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS XR 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DHCPv6 daemon crash) via a malformed DHCPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCuo59052.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3343?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3343?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3343 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-3343 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3343 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r38f-6v34-qc3q.

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