CVE-2016-6467

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6467
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-14 00:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-05 13:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in IPv6 packet fragment reassembly of StarOS for Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 5000 Series Switch could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected reload of the Network Processing Unit (NPU) process. More Information: CSCva84552. Known Affected Releases: 20.0.0 21.0.0 21.0.M0.64702. Known Fixed Releases: 21.0.0 21.0.0.65256 21.0.M0.64970 21.0.V0.65150 21.1.A0.64973 21.1.PP0.65270 21.1.R0.65130 21.1.R0.65135 21.1.VC0.65203.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Asr 5000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 5000 - All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 20.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 21.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 21.0.m0.64702 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 20.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 21.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 21.0.m0.64702 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers CVE-2016-6467 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco ASR 5000 Series IPv6 Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Router IPv6 Fragment Reassembly Bug Lets Remote Users Cause the Target NPU Process to Reload - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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