Denial of service - CVE-2016-6378
Published: September 29, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU679
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-2016-6378
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause the target system reload.
The weakness affects the processing of specially crafted ICMP packets that require Network Address Translation (NAT).By sending specially crafted data attackers can trigger denial of service.
Successful exloitation of the vulnerability leads to the vulnerable system reload.
The weakness affects the processing of specially crafted ICMP packets that require Network Address Translation (NAT).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-2016-6378
The advisory is available at:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-esp-nat
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-esp-nat