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CVE-2016-1409

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS XE 2.1 through 3.17S, IOS XR 2.0.0 through 5.3.2, and NX-OS...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 04, 2016
Published Date
May 29, 2016
Last Updated
August 05, 2024
Vendor
Cisco
Product
IOS XE, IOS XR, NX-OS
Description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS XE 2.1 through 3.17S, IOS XR 2.0.0 through 5.3.2, and NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet-processing outage) via crafted ND messages, aka Bug ID CSCuz66542, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
Tags
ios edge

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5 - HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2016-05-29 22:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035964 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90872 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035965 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035962 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036651 http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-ipv6-en http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035963

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CVE 2016-05-29 22:00:00 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel