CVE-2015-0776 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a device reload on Cisco IOS XR NCS 6000 devices by sending a malformed TELNET packet.

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-2015-0776?

CVE-2015-0776 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 12 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

telnetd in Cisco IOS XR 5.0.1 on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed TELNET packet, aka Bug ID CSCuq31566.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0776?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0776 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-2015-0776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6p7f-fgg5-pfgg.

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