CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-0609

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition in the Common Classification Engine (CCE) in the Measurement, Aggregation, and Correlation Engine (MACE) implementation in Cisco IOS 15.4(2)T3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted network traffic.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the operation of network devices, leading to service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of Cisco IOS to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Race condition in the Common Classification Engine (CCE) in the Measurement, Aggregation, and Correlation Engine (MACE) implementation in Cisco IOS 15.4(2)T3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted network traffic that triggers improper handling of the timing of process switching and Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) switching, aka Bug ID CSCuj96752.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS