CVE-2016-1478 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending crafted NTP packets, requiring Cisco IOS administrators to apply vendor patches.
- 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-2016-1478?
CVE-2016-1478 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 8 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S3, 15.6(1)S2, 15.6(2)S1, and 15.6(2)T1 does not properly dequeue invalid NTP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interface wedge) by sending many crafted NTP packets, aka Bug ID CSCva35619.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1478 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-2016-1478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q3v-4552-vg2p.