Denial of service - CVE-2016-4925

 

Denial of service - CVE-2016-4925

Published: October 14, 2016 / Updated: October 14, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU998
CSH Severity: Low
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4925
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is due to access control error. By using a specially crafted IPv6 packet attackers can trigger the target line card to reset.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4925

Update to version 10.3.3p0-15, 12.3.3p0-6, 13.3.3p0-1, 14.3.2 or 15.1.0.

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