Cisco IOS/IOS XE Data in Motion resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Data in Motion. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-6409. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE (Router Operating System) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Data in Motion. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Data in Motion (DMo) component in Cisco IOS 15.6(1)T and IOS XE, when the IOx feature set is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via crafted traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuy54015.

The weakness was published 09/24/2016 with Cisco as CSCuy54015 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6409 since 07/26/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2024).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316030 (Cisco IOS Software Data in Motion Component Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160921-dmo)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93094†). Similar entries are available at VDB-91918 and VDB-91916. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco IOS Software Data in Motion Component Denial of Service Vulnerability
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07/26/2016 🔍
09/21/2016 +57 days 🔍
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09/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuy54015
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6409 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6409
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91915

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SecurityFocus: 93094 - Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CVE-2016-6409 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036875

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

Created: 09/25/2016 10:02
Updated: 09/24/2024 19:47
Changes: 09/25/2016 10:02 (57), 04/24/2019 14:58 (12), 09/20/2022 11:20 (2), 09/24/2024 19:47 (16)
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