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CVE-2011-2059

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct...

5.0 Medium

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct fingerprinting attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information about the presence of the IOS operating system via an ICMPv6 Echo Request packet containing a Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header (EH) with a 0x0c01050c value in the PadN option data, aka Bug ID CSCtq02219.

Exploit likelihood

1.56%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct fingerprinting attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information about the presence of the IOS operating system via an ICMPv6 Echo Request packet containing a Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header (EH) with a 0x0c01050c value in the PadN option data, aka Bug ID CSCtq02219.

Record
CVE-2011-2059
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct fingerprinting attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information about the presence of the IOS operating system via an ICMPv6 Echo Request packet containing a Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header (EH) with a 0x0c01050c value in the PadN option data, aka Bug ID CSCtq02219.

Record
CVE-2011-2059
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-2053 No score

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct fingerprinting attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information about the presence of the IOS operating system via an ICMPv6 Echo Request packet containing a Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header (EH) with a 0x0c01050c value in the PadN option data, aka Bug ID CSCtq02219.

Record
EUVD-2011-2053
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fgw3-96vm-6v7m No score

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct...

The ipv6 component in Cisco IOS before 15.1(4)M1.3 allows remote attackers to conduct fingerprinting attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information about the presence of the IOS operating system via an ICMPv6 Echo Request packet containing a Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header (EH) with a 0x0c01050c value in the PadN option data, aka Bug ID CSCtq02219.

Record
GHSA-fgw3-96vm-6v7m
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2011-2059 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Cisco Ios, published October 22, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.56%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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