SB2016101303 - Denial of service in Brocade NetIron MLX
Published: October 13, 2016 Updated: October 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101303
Severity
Low
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 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8203)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness is due to improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted IPSec control packets, attackers are able to trigger a memory corruption error and cause the target MLX Line Card to reset.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.