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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6382: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Multicast Routing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6382: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Multicast Routing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/05/2016
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

Cisco IOS 15.2 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.6 through 3.17 and 16.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed IPv6 Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) register packet, aka Bug ID CSCuy16399.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

References

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