CVE-2016-6393

high

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.

References

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93196

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aaados

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-05

Updated: 2020-05-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High