Cisco IOS XR ICMPv6 Redirect Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73436

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Cisco device is running a version Cisco IOS XR software that is potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to handling ICMPv6 redirect messages.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Bug ID 'CSCum14266'.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6a3c506f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73436

File Name: cisco-sn-CVE-2014-2144-iosxr.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/9/2014

Updated: 4/8/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2144

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xr

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XR/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2144

BID: 66658

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCum14266