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Cisco IOS IPv6 Processing Remote Denial of Service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Uses SNMP to determine if a flaw is present

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote version of IOS is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability when
processing malformed IPv6 packets.

If IPv6 is enabled, an attacket may exploit this flaw to prevent the router from
working properly.

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050126-ipv6.shtml
Risk Factor : Medium

Networks Security ID: 12368

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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