CVE-2016-6355 (GCVE-0-2016-6355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-23 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
Summary
Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control-plane protocol outage) via crafted fragmented packets, aka Bug ID CSCux26791.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036585 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92399 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-08-10 00:00
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