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Cisco IOS XR Software Open Shortest Path First Link State Advertisement Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160928-ospf)

🗓️ 29 Sep 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR Software allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted Open Shortest Path First Link State Advertisement

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Cisco IOS XR Software Open Shortest Path First Link State Advertisement Denial of Service Vulnerability
28 Sep 201616:00
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CNVD
Cisco IOS XR Software Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-08560)
29 Sep 201600:00
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CVE
CVE-2016-6421
5 Oct 201620:00
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Cvelist
CVE-2016-6421
5 Oct 201620:00
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EUVD
EUVD-2016-7344
7 Oct 202500:30
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NVD
CVE-2016-6421
5 Oct 201620:59
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OSV
CVE-2016-6421
5 Oct 201620:59
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Prion
Code injection
5 Oct 201620:59
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# Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106313");
  script_version("2022-09-23T10:10:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-09-23 10:10:45 +0000 (Fri, 23 Sep 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-29 15:35:38 +0700 (Thu, 29 Sep 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-30 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6421");

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

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

  script_name("Cisco IOS XR Software Open Shortest Path First Link State Advertisement Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160928-ospf)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_ios_xr_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/ios_xr/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the implementation of Open Shortest Path
  First (OSPF) Link State Advertisement (LSA) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an
  unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.");

  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 a memory error in OSPF. An attacker
  could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted OSPF LSA update to an affected device.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPF
  process to restart when the crafted OSPF LSA update is received, resulting in a DoS condition.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.3.4.13i, 6.1.2.3i, 6.1.22.9i, 6.2.1.11i or
  later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-ospf");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

if( version == "5.2.2" ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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23 Sep 2022 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
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