# CVE-2016-6380: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can read sensitive memory or crash Cisco IOS devices via crafted DNS responses, requiring vendor patches.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j746-pcj4-2946

## What is CVE-2016-6380?

CVE-2016-6380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 5 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DNS forwarder in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.1 through 3.15 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (data corruption or device reload) via a crafted DNS response, aka Bug ID CSCup90532.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6380?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe, Cisco Ios Xe 3.2ja, Cisco Ios Xe 3.3sg, Cisco Ios Xe 3.3xo, Cisco Ios Xe 3.4sg.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6380?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios

- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-3881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3881/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0167/): Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6380 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 5 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6380/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6380/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6380
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6380
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6380

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