CVE-2016-1361 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a line-card restart on Cisco GSR 12000 devices by sending crafted UDP packets with invalid BFD headers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1361?
CVE-2016-1361 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 12 Mar 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS XR through 4.3.2 on Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) 12000 devices does not properly check for a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) header in a UDP packet, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (line-card restart) via a crafted packet, aka Bug ID CSCuw56900.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1361?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xr.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1361 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-2016-1361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-3118 Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String
- CVE-2020-3569 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2020-3566 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2010-3035 Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service
- CVE-2022-20821 Cisco IOS XR Open Port
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w5c8-79jw-vxpq.