CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-0639

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Common Flow Table (CFT) feature in Cisco IOS XE versions 3.6 and 3.7 before 3.7.1S and in versions 3.8 to 3.15 before respective updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed IPv6 packets with IPv4 UDP encapsulation.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger a device reload, leading to a disruption in network service availability.

Recommendation

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

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Common Flow Table (CFT) feature in Cisco IOS XE 3.6 and 3.7 before 3.7.1S, 3.8 before 3.8.0S, 3.9 before 3.9.0S, 3.10 before 3.10.0S, 3.11 before 3.11.0S, 3.12 before 3.12.0S, 3.13 before 3.13.0S, 3.14 before 3.14.0S, and 3.15 before 3.15.0S, when MMON or NBAR is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed IPv6 packets with IPv4 UDP encapsulation, aka Bug ID CSCua79665.

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