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Cisco IOS Software Crafted IPv6 Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6)

🗓️ 04 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:ios";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105649");
  script_version("2026-02-02T05:59:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-02-02 05:59:28 +0000 (Mon, 02 Feb 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-04 18:48:33 +0200 (Wed, 04 May 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2113");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Cisco IOS Software Crafted IPv6 Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_ios_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/ios/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the implementation of the IP version 6
  (IPv6) protocol stack in Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
  cause I/O memory depletion on an affected device that has IPv6 enabled. The vulnerability is
  triggered when an affected device processes a malformed IPv6 packet.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of crafted
  IPv6 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted IPv6
  packets to the affected device.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An exploit could allow the attacker to trigger I/O memory
  depletion, causing device instability and could cause a device to reload.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140326-ipv6");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

affected = make_list(
  "15.2(1)E",
  "15.2(1)E1",
  "15.2(1)EY",
  "15.2(4)GC",
  "15.2(4)JA",
  "15.2(4)JA1",
  "15.2(4)JAY",
  "15.2(4)JB",
  "15.2(4)JB1",
  "15.2(4)JB2",
  "15.2(4)JB3",
  "15.2(4)JB3a",
  "15.2(4)JN",
  "15.2(4)M",
  "15.2(4)M1",
  "15.2(4)M2",
  "15.2(4)M3",
  "15.2(4)M4",
  "15.2(4)M5",
  "15.2(4)S",
  "15.2(4)S0c",
  "15.2(4)S1",
  "15.2(4)S2",
  "15.2(4)S3",
  "15.2(4)S3a",
  "15.2(4)S4",
  "15.2(4)S4a",
  "15.2(4)XB10",
  "15.3(3)M",
  "15.3(3)M1",
  "15.3(1)S",
  "15.3(1)S1",
  "15.3(1)S1e",
  "15.3(1)S2",
  "15.3(2)S",
  "15.3(2)S0a",
  "15.3(2)S0xa",
  "15.3(2)S1",
  "15.3(2)S1b",
  "15.3(2)S1c",
  "15.3(2)S2",
  "15.3(3)S",
  "15.3(3)S0b",
  "15.3(3)S1",
  "15.3(3)S1a",
  "15.3(1)T",
  "15.3(1)T1",
  "15.3(1)T2",
  "15.3(1)T3",
  "15.3(2)T",
  "15.3(2)T1",
  "15.3(2)T2" );

foreach af ( affected ) {
  if( version == af ) {
    report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version: "See advisory" );
    security_message( port:0, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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02 Feb 2026 00:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.01986
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