Denial of service - CVE-2016-6381

 

Denial of service - CVE-2016-6381

Published: September 29, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU676
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-2016-6381
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 remote user to cause the target system reload.

The weakness affects fragmented Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) UDP packets processing  By sending specially crafted data attackers can trigger denial of service.

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

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6381


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