Cisco IOS up to 15.5 Wide Area Application Services TCP Segment resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2/15.3/15.4/15.5. This impacts an unknown function of the component Wide Area Application Services. Such manipulation as part of TCP Segment leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-1347. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2/15.3/15.4/15.5 (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Wide Area Application Services. The manipulation as part of a TCP Segment leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Express implementation in Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted TCP segment, aka Bug ID CSCuq59708.

The weakness was published 03/24/2016 with Cisco as CSCuq59708 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1347 since 01/04/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93562 (Cisco IOS Software Wide Area Application Services Express DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43491 (Cisco IOS Software Wide Area Application Services Express Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160323-l4f)).

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93562), SecurityFocus (BID 85306†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57700†). Similar entries are available at VDB-81534, VDB-81532 and VDB-81531. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 93562
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Wide Area Application Services Express DoS
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuq59708
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1347 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1347
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81530

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SecurityFocus: 85306 - Cisco IOS Software CVE-2016-1347 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035380
Vulnerability Center: 57700 - [cisco-sa-20160323-l4f] Cisco IOS Remote DoS due to Issue in WAAS, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2016 19:14
Updated: 10/15/2024 10:00
Changes: 03/27/2016 19:14 (69), 02/02/2019 11:39 (13), 07/11/2022 14:49 (3), 10/15/2024 10:00 (16)
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