CVE-2015-6256 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending crafted OSPF packets to Cisco ASR 5000 devices.
- 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-2015-6256?
CVE-2015-6256 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 19.0.M0.60828 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OSPF process restart) via crafted length fields in headers of OSPF packets, aka Bug ID CSCuv62820.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6256?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6256?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6256 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-2015-6256 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6256 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2017-3819 Privilege escalation in Cisco StarOS
- CVE-2017-6612 Open redirect in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers
- CVE-2017-6672 Security feature bypass in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers
- CVE-2016-6467 Denial of service in Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 5000 Series Switch
- CVE-2016-9203 Denial of service in Cisco ASR 5000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-656p-93mq-rx8g.