CVE-2015-6415 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects via SYN flood during boot.
- 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-2015-6415?
CVE-2015-6415 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 12 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) 2.2(3f)A on Fabric Interconnect 6200 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device outage) via a SYN flood on the SSH port during the booting process, aka Bug ID CSCuu81757.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6415?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Computing System.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6415?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6415 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-2015-6415 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6415 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-fx57-x4vq-rqxv.