CVE-2016-1409
Description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS XE 2.1 through 3.17S, IOS XR 2.0.0 through 5.3.2, and NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet-processing outage) via crafted ND messages, aka Bug ID CSCuz66542, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1409.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-ipv6-en
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90872
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035962
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035963
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035964
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035965
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036651
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.