Denial of service - CVE-2016-6392

 

Denial of service - CVE-2016-6392

Published: September 29, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU671
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-2016-6392
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remot user to cause the target system reload.

The weakness affects IPv4 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Source-Active (SA) message processing. By sending specially crafted data attackers can access the system and trigger denial of service.

Successful exloitation of the vulnerability leads to the vulnerable system reload.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6392


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