Denial of Service - CVE-2016-6386

 

Denial of Service - CVE-2016-6386

Published: September 29, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU674
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-2016-6386
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 fragment reassembly 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-2016-6386


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