CVE-2015-6270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco IOS XE before 2.2.3 on ASR 1000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Embedded Services Processor crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCsv98555.

Published: 2015-08-31

Score: 7.8 High

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:2.2.2:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1001-x:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1002-x:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1004:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1006:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_1013:-:::::::*

No data.

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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-2015-6212	Cisco IOS XE before 2.2.3 on ASR 1000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Embedded Services Processor crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCsv98555.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00427.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40687
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033410

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cisco Asr 1001 Asr 1001-x Asr 1002 Asr 1002-x Asr 1004 Asr 1006 Asr 1013 Ios Xe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-08-31T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.306Z

Reserved: 2015-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6270

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-31T20:59:04.170

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

Link: CVE-2015-6270

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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