CVE-2015-6294 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted CDP packets, affecting network availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-6294?
CVE-2015-6294 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 18 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E and earlier and IOS XE 3.6(2)E and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (functionality loss) via crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets, aka Bug ID CSCuu25770.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6294?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6294 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-2015-6294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
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- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8c9-qwx9-gjr5.