CVE-2015-6277

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6277
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-02 16:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ARP implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 5.2(1)SV3(1.4), Nexus 3000 devices 7.3(0)ZD(0.47), Nexus 4000 devices 4.1(2)E1, Nexus 9000 devices 7.3(0)ZD(0.61), and MDS 9000 devices 7.0(0)HSK(0.353) and SAN-OS NX-OS on MDS 9000 devices 7.0(0)HSK(0.353) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ARP process restart) via crafted packet-header fields, aka Bug ID CSCut25292.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.1 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco 1000v 5.2\(1\)sv3\(1.4\) - All All
Hardware Cisco Mds 9000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 3000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 4000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9000 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 4.1\(2\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.353\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.3\(0\)zd\(0.47\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 7.3\(0\)zd\(0.61\) All All All
Operating System Cisco San-os 7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.353\) All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco NX-OS Malformed ARP Header Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco NX-OS Lets Remote Adjacent Network Users Cause the Target ARP Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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