CVE-2015-6359

Published: Dec 15, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

6.1

Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 6.5 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Cisco: Ios

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cisco Ios	Version 15.2(4)e
Cisco Ios	Version 15.2(4)pi
Cisco Ios	Version 15.2(4)st
Cisco Ios	Version 15.2(5)st
Cisco Ios	Version 15.3(3)s0.1

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.

References (6)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151214-ios

Source: psirt@cisco.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79200

Source: psirt@cisco.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034432

Source: psirt@cisco.com

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151214-ios

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79200

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034432

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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