Cisco IOS Software Crafted Network Time Protocol Packets Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160804-wedge)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:ios";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106170");
  script_version("2026-02-02T05:59:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-02-02 05:59:28 +0000 (Mon, 02 Feb 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-05 11:15:33 +0700 (Fri, 05 Aug 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-08-16 01:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 16 Aug 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1478");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Cisco IOS Software Crafted Network Time Protocol Packets Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160804-wedge)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_ios_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/ios/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the processing of Network Time Protocol
  (NTP) packets by Cisco IOS could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an interface
  wedge and an eventual denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to insufficient checks on clearing the
  invalid NTP packets from the interface queue. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by
  sending a number of crafted NTP packets to be processed by an affected device.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An exploit could allow the attacker to cause an interface wedge
  and an eventual denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160804-wedge");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

affected = make_list(
  "15.5(3)S3",
  "15.6(1)S2",
  "15.6(2)S1",
  "15.6(2)T1" );

foreach af ( affected ) {
  if( version == af ) {
    report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
    security_message( port:0, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );