CVE-2016-6393

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6393
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-05 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-11 17:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe AAA service in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.1 through 3.18 and 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a failed SSH connection attempt that is mishandled during generation of an error-log message, aka Bug ID CSCuy87667.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS/IOS XE Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Cause the Target System to Reload - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software AAA Login Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CVE-2016-6393 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Rockwell Automation Stratix Denial-of-Service and Memory Leak Vulnerabilities | ICS-CERT MISC ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590348 Rockwell Automation Stratix Denial-of-Service and Memory Leak Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-16-287-04)
  • 590349 Rockwell Automation Stratix 5900 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-17-094-04)
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