CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6421

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the CIFS optimization functionality on Cisco WAAS and vWAAS devices before version 5.3.5d and 5.4 and 5.5 before version 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted network traffic.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to exhaust device resources, leading to a reload and service downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update devices to the latest software version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

cifs-ao in the CIFS optimization functionality on Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) and Virtual WAAS (vWAAS) devices 5.x before 5.3.5d and 5.4 and 5.5 before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and device reload) via crafted network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCus85330.

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