CVE-2015-4215 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending malformed IPv6 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-2015-4215?
CVE-2015-4215 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 24 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.5(102.0) and 7.6(1.62) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) by triggering an exception during attempted forwarding of unspecified IPv6 packets to a non-IPv6 device, aka Bug ID CSCuj01046.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4215?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4215 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-2015-4215 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4215 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-whjp-5gj5-fqm7.