Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS, NX-OS: denial of service via Locator/ID Separation Protocol
May 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious Locator/ID Separation Protocol
packet to Cisco IOS or NX-OS, in order to trigger a denial of
service.
– Impacted products: Cisco Catalyst, IOS Cisco, Cisco Nexus, NX-OS.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 24/03/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco IOS or NX-OS product has a service to manage received
Locator/ID Separation Protocol packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious Locator/ID Separation
Protocol packet to Cisco IOS or NX-OS, in order to trigger a
denial of service.
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