CVE-2016-1376 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASR 9000 devices by sending crafted packets, leading to interface flaps and errors.

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-2016-1376?

CVE-2016-1376 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 12 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS XR 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.4, and 5.3.1 on ASR 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CRC and symbol errors, and interface flap) via crafted bit patterns in packets, aka Bug ID CSCuv78548.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1376?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1376 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-2016-1376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h7rx-wpf7-jwpp.

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