CVE-2015-4205 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco IOS XR 5.3.1 on ASR 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NPU chip reset or line-card reload) by sending crafted IEEE 802.3x flow-control PAUSE frames on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCut19959.

Published: 2015-06-23

Score: 5.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9001:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9006:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9010:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9904:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9912:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9922:-:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4228	Cisco IOS XR 5.3.1 on ASR 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NPU chip reset or line-card reload) by sending crafted IEEE 802.3x flow-control PAUSE frames on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCut19959.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00416.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39455
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75352
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032691

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Asr 9001 Asr 9006 Asr 9010 Asr 9904 Asr 9912 Asr 9922 Ios Xr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-06-23T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:03.244Z

Reserved: 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4205

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-23T14:59:02.743

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4205

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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