Cisco IOS XE 15.3(3)S0.1 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco IOS XE 15.3(3)S0.1. This affects an unknown part of the component IPv6 Neighbor Discovery. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6359. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco IOS XE 15.3(3)S0.1 (Router Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component IPv6 Neighbor Discovery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was published 12/14/2015 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20151214-ios / CSCup28217 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6359 since 08/17/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87504 (Cisco IOS XE Software IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS (CSCup28217)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting ipv6 nd cache interface-limit. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87504), SecurityFocus (BID 79200†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55285†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 87504
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS XE Software IPv6 Neighbor Discovery DoS (CSCup28217)
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco IOS XE Software IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Config: ipv6 nd cache interface-limit

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20151214-ios / CSCup28217
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6359 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6359
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79785

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SecurityFocus: 79200 - Cisco IOS XE Software CVE-2015-6359 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034432
Vulnerability Center: 55285 - [cisco-sa-20151214-ios] Cisco IOS on ASR Remote DoS in IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2015 13:20
Updated: 07/01/2022 07:41
Changes: 12/15/2015 13:20 (61), 05/15/2018 09:05 (15), 07/01/2022 07:41 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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