Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS XR NCS6000: denial of service via OSPFv3
November 2016 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious OSPFv3 packet to Cisco IOS XR
NCS6000, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: IOS XR Cisco.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 15/09/2016.
Revision date: 16/09/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco IOS XR NCS6000 product has a service to manage received
OSPFv3 packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious OSPFv3 packet to Cisco
IOS XR NCS6000, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-IOS-XR-NCS6000-denial-of-service-via-OSPFv3-20618