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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6386: Cisco IOS XE Software IP Fragment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6386: Cisco IOS XE Software IP Fragment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability

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 XE 3.1 through 3.17 and 16.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (data-structure corruption and device reload) via fragmented IPv4 packets, aka Bug ID CSCux66005.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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