CVE-2016-1353 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a TCP outage in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite by sending FIN packets during specific session states.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1353?
CVE-2016-1353 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TCP implementation in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming (VDS-IS) 3.3(0), 3.3(1), 4.0(0), and 4.1(0) does not properly initiate new TCP sessions when a previous session is in a FIN wait state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP outage) via vectors involving FIN packets, aka Bug ID CSCuy45136.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1353?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1353?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-1353 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1353 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjv2-mj28-xvpf.