CVE-2015-6340 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASR 5000 devices by sending crafted PMIPv6 packets, requiring vendor patches.
- 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-2015-6340?
CVE-2015-6340 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) component in the CDMA implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 19.0.M0.60737 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hamgr process restart) via a crafted header in a PMIPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCuv63280.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Asr 5000 Software.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6340 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-2015-6340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2017-6729 Denial of service in Cisco StarOS
- CVE-2016-6455 Denial of service in Cisco StarOS 18.x through 21.x
- CVE-2016-1436 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2017-6773 Command injection in StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers
- CVE-2017-6775 Privilege escalation in StarOS for ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvjx-wv6p-p287.