CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6278

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The IPv6 snooping functionality in the first-hop security subsystem in Cisco IOS improperly implements the Control Plane Protection feature, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding the device with ND packets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to reload the device, leading to service unavailability. This can have serious consequences for the organization, including data loss and operational disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Cisco IOS or IOS XE to the latest version to patch this vulnerability and secure devices against potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The IPv6 snooping functionality in the first-hop security subsystem in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.2SE, 3.3SE, 3.3XO, 3.4SG, 3.5E, and 3.6E before 3.6.3E; 3.7E before 3.7.2E; 3.9S and 3.10S before 3.10.6S; 3.11S before 3.11.4S; 3.12S and 3.13S before 3.13.3S; and 3.14S before 3.14.2S does not properly implement the Control Plane Protection (aka CPPr) feature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a flood of ND packets, aka Bug ID CSCus19794.

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