CVE-2015-6295 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or unintended traffic forwarding on Cisco Nexus 9000 devices by sending crafted Layer 2 packets.
- 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-2015-6295?
CVE-2015-6295 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 20 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I3(4) and 7.0(3)I1(1) on Nexus 9000 (N9K) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or control-plane instability) or trigger unintended traffic forwarding via a Layer 2 packet with a reserved VLAN number, aka Bug ID CSCuw13560.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6295?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6295 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-2015-6295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v69f-xfrj-cq2p.