Resource management errors in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2016-1349

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11757

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1349

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Affected software:
Cisco IOS XE

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to incorrect handling of image list parameters. A remote attacker can send specially crafted Smart Install packets to TCP port 4786 and cause the service to crash.

Update to versions 15.2(5.5.64)E, 15.2(5.5.63)E, 15.2(5.1.3)E, 15.2(5)E, 15.2(4.1.13)E, 15.2(4.1.5a)E, 15.2(4.0.95a)E, 15.2(4)E3, 15.2(4)E2, 15.2(4)E1, 15.2(4)E, 15.2(3)E3, 15.2(2.0.2)EA3, 15.2(2)EA3, 15.2(2)E4, 15.1(2)SG7, 15.0(2.1.94)SG11, 15.0(2.1.91)SG11, 15.0(2)SG11, 15.0(2)SE9, 15.0(2)EX11, 15.0(2)EX10, 12.2(60)EZ9, 12.2(55)SE11, 3.9(0)E, 3.8(0)E, 3.7(3)E or 3.6(4)E.

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160323-smi