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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2015-4243

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The PPPoE establishment implementation in Cisco IOS XE 3.5.0S on ASR 1000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending malformed PPPoE Active Discovery Request (PADR) packets on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCty94202.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published