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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105699
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco NX-OS Internet Group Management Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20150817-CVE-2015-4324)
Summary:A vulnerability in the Internet Group Management Protocol; version 3 (IGMPv3) input packet processing of Cisco NX-OS could allow an unauthenticated,; adjacent attacker to cause the IGMP process to restart due to a malformed IGMP packet, which; could cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the Internet Group Management Protocol
version 3 (IGMPv3) input packet processing of Cisco NX-OS could allow an unauthenticated,
adjacent attacker to cause the IGMP process to restart due to a malformed IGMP packet, which
could cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to improper input validation when
ensuring the memory allocated is large enough for the number of included sources in the IGMPv3
packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IGMPv3 packet to the
targeted device.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the IGMP process to
restart due to a buffer overflow, which may cause a DoS condition.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
6.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4324
BugTraq ID: 76372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76372
Cisco Security Advisory: 20150817 Cisco NX-OS Internet Group Management Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=40470
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033327
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