CVE-2015-6279 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-6279

The IPv6 snooping functionality in the first-hop security subsystem in...

Vulnerability Description

The 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed ND packet with the Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) option, aka Bug ID CSCuo04400.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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

Timeline

Official Publish: September 28th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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