CVE-2015-6297 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS ASR 9000 devices by sending crafted DHCPv6 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-2015-6297?

CVE-2015-6297 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 18 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DHCPv6 server in Cisco IOS on ASR 9000 devices with software 5.2.0 Base allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reset) via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCun36525.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6297?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6297 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-2015-6297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4x2j-vmv4-3qc3.

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