Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS XR: denial of service via IPv6
August 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious IPv6 packet to Cisco IOS XR, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: Cisco ASR, IOS XR Cisco.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 18/06/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco IOS XR product has a service to manage received IPv6
packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious IPv6 packet to Cisco
IOS XR, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-IOS-XR-denial-of-service-via-IPv6-17168