MISSING Cisco Security Advisory: IPv6 Crafted Packet Vulnerability

Aug 01, 2005 1 Replies
MISSING Cisco Security Advisory: IPv6 Crafted Packet Vulnerability open original image

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it was posted here, but google says otherwise.(I searched recent posts for IPv6 or black hat or DOS and got nothing). What's up with that?


the SA says: Summary Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS®) Software is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially an arbitrary code execution attack from a specifically crafted IPv6 packet. The packet must be sent from a local network segment. Only devices that have been explicitly configured to process IPv6 traffic are affected. Upon successful exploitation, the device may reload or be open to further exploitation.

Cisco has made free software available to address this vulnerability for all affected customers.

This advisory will be posted at

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says it was posted here, but google says otherwise.(I searched recent

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