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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2014-3271

Medium
5/10

Summary

The DHCPv6 implementation in Cisco IOS XR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed packet, aka Bug IDs CSCum85558, CSCum20949, CSCul61849, and CSCul71149.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

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