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CVE-2016-6380

The DNS forwarder in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.1 through 3.15 allows remote attackers to obtain sensit…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known

The DNS forwarder in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.1 through 3.15 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (data corruption or device reload) via a crafted DNS response, aka Bug ID CSCup90532.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.08.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds
Cisco IOS (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1036914 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-16-287-04 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-dns · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93201 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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