CVE-2015-6277

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The ARP implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 5.2(1)SV3(1.4), Nexus 3000 devices 7.3(0)ZD(0.47), Nexus 4000 devices 4.1(2)E1, Nexus 9000 devices 7.3(0)ZD(0.61), and MDS 9000 devices 7.0(0)HSK(0.353) and SAN-OS NX-OS on MDS 9000 devices 7.0(0)HSK(0.353) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ARP process restart) via crafted packet-header fields, aka Bug ID CSCut25292.

Affected products

Cisco 1000V: 5.2(1)sv3(1.4)
Cisco Mds 9000: all versions
Cisco NX-OS: 7.3(0)zd(0.47), 4.1(2)e1, 7.0(0)hsk(0.353), 7.3(0)zd(0.61)
Cisco San-Os: 7.0(0)hsk(0.353)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40748
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033443
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40748
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033443

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