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TITLE:
Cisco IOS / IOS XE DHCPv6 Packet Handling Denial of Service
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50772

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-09-27

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling DHCPv6
packets and can be exploited to trigger a reload.

Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected versions.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version (please see the vendor's advisory for
details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Cisco (CSCto57723):
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120926-dhcpv6

OTHER REFERENCES:
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