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Cisco IOS XR DHCPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 10 Sep 2014 12:40 Release Date: 10 Sep 2014 3891 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Networks OS

TYPE: Networks OS

A vulnerability was identified in Cisco IOS XR. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.

 

A remote user can send a specially crafted DHCPv6 packet to cause the target DHCPv6 service to crash.

 

Successful exploitation requires the device to be configured as DHCPv6 server.


Impact

  • Denial of Service

System / Technologies affected

  • Cisco IOS XR

Solutions

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