Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105635
Category:	CISCO
Title:	Cisco IOS Software RADIUS Client Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	A vulnerability in the RADIUS client feature of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated,; remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected device.;; The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of malformed RADIUS packets returned by a RADIUS server.; An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring a RADIUS server with a shared RADIUS secret and returning malformed; answers back to a RADIUS client on an affected Cisco device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device.;; Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are not available.; This advisory is available at the references.
Description:	Summary: A vulnerability in the RADIUS client feature of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of malformed RADIUS packets returned by a RADIUS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring a RADIUS server with a shared RADIUS secret and returning malformed answers back to a RADIUS client on an affected Cisco device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are not available. This advisory is available at the references. Solution: See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution. CVSS Score: 6.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-6263 Cisco Security Advisory: 20151005 Cisco IOS Software RADIUS Client Denial of Service Vulnerability http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151005-ios-radius http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033747
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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