CVE-2015-4277

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The global-configuration implementation on Cisco ASR 9000 devices with software 5.1.3 and 5.3.0 improperly closes vty sessions after a commit/end operation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (tmp/*config file creation, memory consumption, and device hang) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCut93842.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: 5.1.3, 5.3.0

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39939
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033259
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39939
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033259

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