CVE-2016-6421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.

Published: 2016-10-05

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7344	Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00546.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-ospf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93212
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036909

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios Xr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2016-10-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.026Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6421

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-05T20:59:09.027

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6421

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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