CVE-2016-6384 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a device reload via crafted H.323 messages, impacting network availability for Cisco IOS and IOS XE users.

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-2016-6384?

CVE-2016-6384 is a high-severity denial of service 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

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.1 through 3.17 and 16.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted fields in an H.323 message, aka Bug ID CSCux04257.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6384?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6384?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6384 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-2016-6384 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6384 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-5ccc-frc7-5rrg.

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