CVE-2016-1370 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the monitoring process and cause an outage by sending crafted IPv6 packets to Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module.
- 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-2016-1370?
CVE-2016-1370 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (NAM) before 6.2(1-b) miscalculates IPv6 payload lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mond process crash and monitoring outage) via crafted IPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCuy37324.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1370?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Network Analysis Module Software.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1370?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1370 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-2016-1370 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1370 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhh7-r3ff-p66r.