Cisco IOS Software IPv6 Denial of Service (cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6

high Nessus Plugin ID 73344

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Cisco IOS running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the IPv6 protocol stack. This issue exists due to improper handling of certain, unspecified types of IPv6 packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet resulting in a denial of service.

Note that this only affects hosts with IPv6 enabled.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ffd6d00

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=33351

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73344

File Name: cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/4/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2113

BID: 66467

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCui59540