CVE-2016-6423

medium

Description

The IKEv2 client and initiator implementations in Cisco IOS 15.5(3)M and IOS XE allow remote IKEv2 servers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted IKEv2 packets, aka Bug ID CSCux97540.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036955

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93411

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-ios-ikev

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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