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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco IOS XE (Router Operating System) (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component NAT. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IOS XE 3.1 through 3.17 and 16.1 through 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted ICMP packets that require NAT, aka Bug ID CSCuw85853.

The weakness was presented 09/28/2016 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20160928-esp-nat as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6378 since 07/26/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Further details are available at tools.cisco.com. See 92251, 92252, 92254 and 92255 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• IOS XE

License

• commercial

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 65619
OpenVAS Name: Cisco IOS XE Software NAT Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/26/2016 🔍
09/28/2016 +64 days 🔍
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04/29/2019 +936 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20160928-esp-nat
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6378 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036914
SecurityFocus: 93200 - Cisco IOS XE Software CVE-2016-6378 Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2016 10:19
Updated: 04/29/2019 10:31
Changes: 09/30/2016 10:19 (66), 04/29/2019 10:31 (11)
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