iOSOperating system · Cisco
CVE-2015-0632
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRace condition in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of Router Solicitation messages on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCuo67770.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA race condition in Cisco IOS and IOS XE's Neighbor Discovery protocol implementation allows remote attackers on the local network to cause denial of service by flooding Router Solicitation messages. The vulnerability triggers a flaw in the ND protocol state machine processing, causing the device to become unresponsive.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
iOSOperating system
all versions
Ios XeOperating system
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device OS typeUse 'show version' command and look for 'IOS' or 'IOS-XE' in the output to confirm the device runs Cisco iOS or IOS XEAffected if The device runs Cisco iOS or IOS XE software
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Confirm IPv6 is enabledRun 'show ipv6 interface brief' to see if IPv6 interfaces are configured and activeAffected if IPv6 interfaces are enabled, which activates the Neighbor Discovery protocol
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Check for ND protocol processingRun 'show ipv6 neighbors' to verify the device is processing ND neighbor entriesAffected if The device is actively processing Neighbor Discovery entries (indicates ND state machine is in use)
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Assess local network exposureReview interface configurations with 'show running-config | include interface' and check for Layer 2 access to untrusted local segmentsAffected if The device has interfaces accessible to untrusted local network hosts that can send Router Solicitation messages
If the device runs Cisco iOS or IOS XE with IPv6 and Neighbor Discovery enabled, and has interfaces exposed to untrusted local network segments, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the appropriate Cisco IOS/IOS XE patch or upgrade to a fixed version. Additionally, implement rate-limiting or access control lists on exposed interfaces to restrict Router Solicitation traffic.
Fix this in iOS
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-0632 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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