vulnerability: Cisco ASR 1000 Router up to 2.2.2 UDP Packet Handler Crash denial of service : 8/28/2015 10:58:00 AM

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Cisco ASR 1000 Router up to 2.2.2 UDP Packet Handler Crash denial of service
8/25/2015 7:00:00 PM

General

scipID: 77476
Affected: Cisco ASR 1000 Router up to 2.2.2
Published: 08/26/2015
Risk: problematic

Created: 08/28/2015
Entry: 71.9% complete

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco ASR 1000 Router up to 2.2.2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (crash). As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 08/26/2015 as 40685 / CSCsw95482 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6268. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.2.3 or 2.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1033406).

CVSS

Base Score: 4.3 (CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) [?]
Temp Score: 3.7 (CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C) [?]

CPE

Exploiting

Class: Denial of service
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: No

Countermeasures

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: Official fix
0-Day Time: 0 days since found

Upgrade: ASR 1000 Router 2.2.3/2.3.0

Timeline

08/26/2015 | Advisory disclosed
08/28/2015 | VulDB entry created
08/28/2015 | SecurityTracker entry created
08/28/2015 | VulDB entry updated

Sources

Advisory: 40685 / CSCsw95482
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6268 (mitre.org) (nvd.nist.org) (cvedetails.com)

SecurityTracker: 1033406 – Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router UDP Packet Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash

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