Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-6359
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S0.1 on ASR devices mishandles internal tables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device crash) via a flood of crafted ND messages, aka Bug ID CSCup28217.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2015-6359
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(4\)st:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(4\)pi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(4\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3\(3\)s0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5\)st:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6359
0.37%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 72 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-6359
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.1
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MEDIUM | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
6.5
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6.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-6359
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-6359
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034432
Cisco IOS XE IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Processing Lets Remote Users on the Local Network Cause the Target System to Crash - SecurityTracker
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79200
Cisco IOS XE Software CVE-2015-6359 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151214-ios
Cisco IOS XE Software IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Denial of Service VulnerabilityVendor Advisory
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