High severity · published Aug 23, 2016
CVE-2016-6355
Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
7.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control-plane protocol outage) via crafted fragmented packets, aka Bug ID CSCux26791.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IX
Ios XR · Cisco
5.1.0; 5.1.1; 5.1.1.k9sec; 5.1.2; 5.1.3; 5.2.0; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6355
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6355
Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160810-iosxr
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92399
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036585
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