CVE-2015-6278

Summary

CVECVE-2015-6278
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-28 02:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe IPv6 snooping functionality in the first-hop security subsystem in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.2SE, 3.3SE, 3.3XO, 3.4SG, 3.5E, and 3.6E before 3.6.3E; 3.7E before 3.7.2E; 3.9S and 3.10S before 3.10.6S; 3.11S before 3.11.4S; 3.12S and 3.13S before 3.13.3S; and 3.14S before 3.14.2S does not properly implement the Control Plane Protection (aka CPPr) feature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a flood of ND packets, aka Bug ID CSCus19794.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(50\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(50\)sy1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(50\)sy2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(50\)sy3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2\(50\)sy4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)ex All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy7a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy8 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2a\)ex5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)ea2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)ej All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)ej1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)ez All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)se8 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(1\)sy5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sg6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(2\)sy5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)e3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)sy0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2a\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)ea1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3a\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)s7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(1\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(2\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(2\)s0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(2\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(2\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(1\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.01 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2se.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2se.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2se.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.2se.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3se.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3xo.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3xo.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.3xo.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5e.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5e.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5e.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.5e.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7e.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7e.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.9s.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IPv6 First Hop Security Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco IOS/IOS-XE IPv6 Snooping Bug Lets Remote Users Cause the Target System to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IPv6 Snooping Secure Network Discovery Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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