CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-0650

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Service Discovery Gateway (mDNS Gateway) in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending malformed mDNS UDP packets, leading to device reload.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely disrupt device operation, potentially leading to service downtime and loss of system availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for suspicious mDNS packets.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Service Discovery Gateway (aka mDNS Gateway) in Cisco IOS 12.2, 12.4, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4 and IOS XE 3.9.xS and 3.10.xS before 3.10.4S, 3.11.xS before 3.11.3S, 3.12.xS before 3.12.2S, and 3.13.xS before 3.13.1S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending malformed mDNS UDP packets over (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6, aka Bug ID CSCup70579.

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