Cisco IOS XE 15.5(3)S on ASR 1000 Embedded Services Processor IPv4 Packet memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS XE 15.5(3)S on ASR 1000 (Router Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Embedded Services Processor. The manipulation as part of a IPv4 Packet leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IPv4 implementation on Cisco ASR 1000 devices with software 15.5(3)S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESP QFP CPU consumption) by triggering packet fragmentation and reassembly, aka Bug ID CSCuv71273.

The weakness was released 08/31/2015 as 40708 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6274 since 08/17/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Proper firewalling of IPv4 is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (105993).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Data-Plane Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 40708
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6274 (🔍)
X-Force: 105993 - Cisco ASR 1000 Aggregation Services Routers IPv4 denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1033437
Vulnerability Center: 54196 - Cisco ASR 1000 Devices with Software 15.5(3)S Remote DoS Vulnerability in IPv4 Implementation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76529

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

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Created: 09/02/2015 11:02
Updated: 06/13/2022 21:23
Changes: 09/02/2015 11:02 (63), 03/10/2018 12:21 (4), 06/13/2022 21:23 (3)
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