Vulnerability Bulletins |
Cisco IOS XR Software IPv6 Malformed Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability |
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| Affected software | Cisco |
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A vulnerability in the parsing of malformed IP version 6 (IPv6) packets in Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco Network Convergence System 6000 (NCS 6000) and Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS-X) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of a line card that is processing traffic.The vulnerability is due to improper processing of malformed IPv6 packets carrying extension headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed IPv6 packet, carrying More info: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150220-ipv6?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory&vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence&vs_type=RSS&vs_p=Cisco%20IOS%20XR%20Software%20IPv6%20Malformed%20Packet%20Denial%20of%20Servi |
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