Cisco IOS XR DHCPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
10 Sep 2014 12:40
Release Date:
10 Sep 2014
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - 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
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- The vendor has issued a fix.
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-3343
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