CVE-2015-0709 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can crash Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted RADIUS packets, requiring knowledge of the RADIUS secret.

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

What is CVE-2015-0709?

CVE-2015-0709 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Apr 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS 15.5S and IOS XE allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by leveraging knowledge of the RADIUS secret and sending crafted RADIUS packets, aka Bug ID CSCur21348.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0709?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0709 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-2015-0709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-gx2w-g9cv-hpp5.

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