Resource Management Errors

CVE-2015-4215

Medium

6.1/10

Summary

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.5(102.0) and 7.6(1.62) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) by triggering an exception during attempted forwarding of unspecified IPv6 packets to a non-IPv6 device, aka Bug ID CSCuj01046.

Access Complexity: LOW
AccessVector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Authentication: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: 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 Jun 24, 2015