CVE-2016-6409 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted traffic in Cisco IOS when the IOx feature 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-2016-6409?
CVE-2016-6409 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 24 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Data in Motion (DMo) component in Cisco IOS 15.6(1)T and IOS XE, when the IOx feature set is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via crafted traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuy54015.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6409?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6409?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6409 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-2016-6409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qxrq-2pff-rhpw.