What is the severity of CVE-2015-6359?

CVE-2015-6359 has been classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6359?

To fix CVE-2015-6359, upgrade affected Cisco IOS software to a version that addresses the vulnerability.

What are the possible impacts of CVE-2015-6359?

Exploitation of CVE-2015-6359 can lead to excessive memory consumption or a complete device crash.

Which devices are affected by CVE-2015-6359?

CVE-2015-6359 affects Cisco IOS versions 15.2(4)e, 15.2(4)pi, 15.2(4)st, 15.2(5)st, and 15.3(3)s0.1.

What type of attack does CVE-2015-6359 allow?

CVE-2015-6359 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack by flooding devices with crafted Neighbor Discovery messages.

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CVE-2015-6359

medium

6.1

CWE

119

15/12/2015

6/8/2024

CVE-2015-6359: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Dec 15 2015(Updated: )

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.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Cisco IOS	=15.2\(4\)e
Cisco IOS	=15.2\(4\)pi
Cisco IOS	=15.2\(4\)st
Cisco IOS	=15.2\(5\)st
Cisco IOS	=15.3\(3\)s0.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6359?
CVE-2015-6359 has been classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6359?
To fix CVE-2015-6359, upgrade affected Cisco IOS software to a version that addresses the vulnerability.
What are the possible impacts of CVE-2015-6359?
Exploitation of CVE-2015-6359 can lead to excessive memory consumption or a complete device crash.
Which devices are affected by CVE-2015-6359?
CVE-2015-6359 affects Cisco IOS versions 15.2(4)e, 15.2(4)pi, 15.2(4)st, 15.2(5)st, and 15.3(3)s0.1.
What type of attack does CVE-2015-6359 allow?
CVE-2015-6359 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack by flooding devices with crafted Neighbor Discovery messages.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6359?
CVE-2015-6359 has been classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6359?
To fix CVE-2015-6359, upgrade affected Cisco IOS software to a version that addresses the vulnerability.
What are the possible impacts of CVE-2015-6359?
Exploitation of CVE-2015-6359 can lead to excessive memory consumption or a complete device crash.
Which devices are affected by CVE-2015-6359?
CVE-2015-6359 affects Cisco IOS versions 15.2(4)e, 15.2(4)pi, 15.2(4)st, 15.2(5)st, and 15.3(3)s0.1.
What type of attack does CVE-2015-6359 allow?
CVE-2015-6359 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack by flooding devices with crafted Neighbor Discovery messages.