CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6393
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The AAA service in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 2.1 through 3.18 and 16.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a failed SSH connection attempt that is mishandled during generation of an error-log message, aka Bug ID CSCuy87667.
Affected configurations
• cisco ios (>= 12.0 <= 12.4)
• cisco ios (>= 15.0 <= 15.6)
• cisco ios xe (>= 2.1.0 <= 3.18.0)
• cisco ios xe 16.2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aaados Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93196 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aaados Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93196 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource