CVE-2015-6279 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a device reload via malformed IPv6 ND packets if IPv6 snooping is enabled.
- 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-2015-6279?
CVE-2015-6279 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 28 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPv6 snooping functionality in the first-hop security subsystem in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.2SE, 3.3SE, 3.3XO, 3.4SG, 3.5E, and 3.6E before 3.6.3E; 3.7E before 3.7.2E; 3.9S and 3.10S before 3.10.6S; 3.11S before 3.11.4S; 3.12S and 3.13S before 3.13.3S; and 3.14S before 3.14.2S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed ND packet with the Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) option, aka Bug ID CSCuo04400.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6279?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6279 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-2015-6279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4v7-w5wp-p585.