CVE-2015-6279

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.

• CWE-20

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-fhsVendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-fhs/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-fhs_cvrf.xmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033647Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-fhsVendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-fhs/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-fhs_cvrf.xmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033647Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Sep 28, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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