CVE-2016-6393
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 5, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorIOSIOS Xe
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Source: [email protected]
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-aaadosVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93196VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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