Cisco IOS 3.5S PPPoE Active Discovery Request resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco IOS 3.5S. This impacts an unknown function of the component PPPoE Active Discovery Request Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-4243. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 3.5S (Router Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component PPPoE Active Discovery Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2015 with Cisco as 39675 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-4243 since 06/04/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (104426), SecurityFocus (BID 75585†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51050†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 39675
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76327
X-Force: 104426 - Cisco IOS XE PPP over Ethernet denial of service
SecurityFocus: 75585 - Cisco IOS XE Software For 1000 Series ASR Routers CVE-2015-4243 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032805
Vulnerability Center: 51050 - Cisco IOS XE 3.5.0S on ASR 1000 Remote DoS via Crafted PADR Packets, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2015 09:44
Updated: 05/23/2022 15:35
Changes: 07/08/2015 09:44 (54), 07/10/2017 09:07 (9), 05/23/2022 15:35 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:8C9:103

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