CVE-2015-6295

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2)I3(4) and 7.0(3)I1(1) on Nexus 9000 (N9K) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or control-plane instability) or trigger unintended traffic forwarding via a Layer 2 packet with a reserved VLAN number, aka Bug ID CSCuw13560.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: 6.1(2)i3(4), 7.0(3)i1(1)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40990
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033611
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40990
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033611

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