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
Vendor:
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.
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
The advisory is available at:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-frag
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-frag