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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2014-2144

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Cisco IOS XR does not properly throttle ICMPv6 redirect packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv4 and IPv6 transit outage) via crafted redirect messages, aka Bug ID CSCum14266.

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

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published