CVE-2016-1402 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause an authentication outage in Cisco ISE via crafted PAP requests when AD group-membership authorization is enabled.
- 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-2016-1402?
CVE-2016-1402 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Active Directory (AD) integration component in Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) before 1.2.0.899 patch 7, when AD group-membership authorization is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (authentication outage) via a crafted Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) authentication request, aka Bug ID CSCun25815.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1402?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Identity Services Engine Software.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1402?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1402 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-2016-1402 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1402 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-287h-m4vw-mrx7.