CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6377

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Cisco Virtual Topology System (VTS) versions 2.0(0) and 2.0(1) are vulnerable to a denial of service attack that can lead to CPU and memory exhaustion and TCP port outage through a flood of crafted TCP packets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely trigger a denial of service, potentially causing downtime and affecting service availability within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Cisco VTS to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cisco Virtual Topology System (VTS) 2.0(0) and 2.0(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption, and TCP port outage) via a flood of crafted TCP packets, aka Bug ID CSCux13379.

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