Cisco Carrier Routing System 5.1/5.1.4 IPv6-over-MPLS Packet resource management
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Carrier Routing System 5.1/5.1.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component IPv6-over-MPLS Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) 5.1 and 5.1.4, as used in CRS Carrier Grade Services for CRS-1 and CRS-3 devices, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (line-card reload) via crafted IPv6-over-MPLS packets, aka Bug ID CSCva32494.
The weakness was published 09/17/2016 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6401 since 07/26/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/19/2022).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Version
License
Support
- end of life (old version)
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 54373
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Carrier Routing System IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
Timeline
07/26/2016 🔍09/14/2016 🔍
09/16/2016 🔍
09/17/2016 🔍
09/18/2016 🔍
09/19/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: tools.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2016-6401 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036830
SecurityFocus: 92964 - Cisco IOS XR for Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) CVE-2016-6401 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 09/18/2016 09:59Updated: 09/19/2022 07:05
Changes: 09/18/2016 09:59 (52), 04/18/2019 22:46 (12), 09/19/2022 07:05 (2)
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