CVE-2016-6391 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a traffic-processing outage in Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted Common Industrial Protocol requests.
- 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-2016-6391?
CVE-2016-6391 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 and 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic-processing outage) via a crafted series of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) requests, aka Bug ID CSCur69036.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6391?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6391?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6391 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-2016-6391 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6391 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6j52-j2fx-jpjf.