CVE-2016-1478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S3, 15.6(1)S2, 15.6(2)S1, and 15.6(2)T1 does not properly dequeue invalid NTP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interface wedge) by sending many crafted NTP packets, aka Bug ID CSCva35619.

Published: 2016-08-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.5\(3\)s3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(1\)s2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(2\)s1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(2\)t1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-2577	Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S3, 15.6(1)S2, 15.6(2)S1, and 15.6(2)T1 does not properly dequeue invalid NTP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interface wedge) by sending many crafted NTP packets, aka Bug ID CSCva35619.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01524.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160804-wedge
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92317
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036541

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2016-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:55:14.652Z

Reserved: 2016-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1478

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-08T00:59:09.203

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1478

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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