CVE-2016-1459

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-17 22:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(15\)t17 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(19a\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(22\)yb2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(24\)gc4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(24\)gc5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.4\(4\)xc7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)ex All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)m All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)m10 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)m9 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(1\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.0\(2\)sg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(3\)t4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(4\)gc2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.1\(4\)m10 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3\)t4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)gc3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(4\)m10 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(2\)t4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m7 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)t4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)m5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(2\)t3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(3\)m3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13.5s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14.4s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.1cs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.0cs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.1as All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.16.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.0s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.17.2s All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CVE-2016-1459 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Cisco IOS/IOS XE BGP Attribute Processing Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Cause the Target Device to Reload - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Border Gateway Protocol Message Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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