SB2016092906 - Memory leak in Cisco IOS XE
Published: September 29, 2016 Updated: April 11, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092906
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6385)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in Smart Install packets processing due to incorrect handling of image list parameters. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data, trigger memory leak and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.