Cisco IOS Software Smart Install Memory Leak Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160928-smi)

# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106314");
  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:"2016-09-29 15:42:34 +0700 (Thu, 29 Sep 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:"2017-07-30 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6385");

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

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

  script_name("Cisco IOS Software Smart Install Memory Leak Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160928-smi)");

  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:"The Smart Install client feature in Cisco IOS Software contains
  a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak and
  eventual denial of service (DoS) condition on an 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 incorrect handling of image list
  parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Smart Install packets
  to TCP port 4786.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could cause a Cisco Catalyst switch to leak
  memory and eventually reload, resulting in a DoS condition.");

  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-20160928-smi");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

affected = make_list(
  "12.2(35)EX",
  "12.2(35)EX1",
  "12.2(35)EX2",
  "12.2(37)EX",
  "12.2(40)EX",
  "12.2(40)EX1",
  "12.2(40)EX2",
  "12.2(40)EX3",
  "12.2(44)EX",
  "12.2(44)EX1",
  "12.2(46)EX",
  "12.2(52)EX",
  "12.2(52)EX1",
  "12.2(53)EX",
  "12.2(55)EX",
  "12.2(55)EX1",
  "12.2(55)EX2",
  "12.2(55)EX3",
  "12.2(58)EX",
  "12.2(37)EY",
  "12.2(44)EY",
  "12.2(46)EY",
  "12.2(53)EY",
  "12.2(55)EY",
  "12.2(58)EY",
  "12.2(58)EY1",
  "12.2(58)EY2",
  "12.2(53)EZ",
  "12.2(55)EZ",
  "12.2(58)EZ",
  "12.2(60)EZ",
  "12.2(60)EZ1",
  "12.2(60)EZ2",
  "12.2(60)EZ3",
  "12.2(60)EZ4",
  "12.2(60)EZ5",
  "12.2(60)EZ6",
  "12.2(60)EZ7",
  "12.2(60)EZ8",
  "12.2(35)SE",
  "12.2(35)SE1",
  "12.2(35)SE2",
  "12.2(35)SE3",
  "12.2(35)SE4",
  "12.2(35)SE5",
  "12.2(37)SE",
  "12.2(37)SE1",
  "12.2(40)SE",
  "12.2(40)SE1",
  "12.2(40)SE2",
  "12.2(44)SE",
  "12.2(44)SE1",
  "12.2(44)SE2",
  "12.2(44)SE3",
  "12.2(44)SE4",
  "12.2(44)SE5",
  "12.2(44)SE6",
  "12.2(46)SE",
  "12.2(46)SE1",
  "12.2(46)SE2",
  "12.2(50)SE",
  "12.2(50)SE1",
  "12.2(50)SE2",
  "12.2(50)SE3",
  "12.2(50)SE4",
  "12.2(50)SE5",
  "12.2(52)SE",
  "12.2(52)SE1",
  "12.2(53)SE",
  "12.2(53)SE1",
  "12.2(53)SE2",
  "12.2(54)SE",
  "12.2(55)SE",
  "12.2(55)SE1",
  "12.2(55)SE10",
  "12.2(55)SE2",
  "12.2(55)SE3",
  "12.2(55)SE4",
  "12.2(55)SE5",
  "12.2(55)SE6",
  "12.2(55)SE7",
  "12.2(55)SE8",
  "12.2(55)SE9",
  "12.2(58)SE",
  "12.2(58)SE1",
  "12.2(58)SE2",
  "15.0(2)EB",
  "15.0(2)EC",
  "15.0(2)ED",
  "15.0(2)ED1",
  "15.0(2)EH",
  "15.0(2)EJ",
  "15.0(2)EJ1",
  "15.0(2)EK",
  "15.0(2)EK1",
  "15.0(1)EX",
  "15.0(2)EX",
  "15.0(2)EX1",
  "15.0(2)EX10",
  "15.0(2)EX2",
  "15.0(2)EX3",
  "15.0(2)EX4",
  "15.0(2)EX5",
  "15.0(2)EX8",
  "15.0(2a)EX5",
  "15.0(1)EY",
  "15.0(1)EY1",
  "15.0(1)EY2",
  "15.0(2)EY",
  "15.0(2)EY1",
  "15.0(2)EY2",
  "15.0(2)EY3",
  "15.0(2)EZ",
  "15.0(1)SE",
  "15.0(1)SE1",
  "15.0(1)SE2",
  "15.0(1)SE3",
  "15.0(2)SE",
  "15.0(2)SE1",
  "15.0(2)SE2",
  "15.0(2)SE3",
  "15.0(2)SE4",
  "15.0(2)SE5",
  "15.0(2)SE6",
  "15.0(2)SE7",
  "15.0(2)SE9",
  "15.0(2a)SE9",
  "15.1(2)SG",
  "15.1(2)SG1",
  "15.1(2)SG2",
  "15.1(2)SG3",
  "15.1(2)SG4",
  "15.1(2)SG5",
  "15.1(2)SG6",
  "15.1(2)SG7",
  "15.2(1)E",
  "15.2(1)E1",
  "15.2(1)E2",
  "15.2(1)E3",
  "15.2(2)E",
  "15.2(2)E1",
  "15.2(2)E2",
  "15.2(2)E4",
  "15.2(2a)E1",
  "15.2(3)E",
  "15.2(3)E1",
  "15.2(3)E2",
  "15.2(3)E3",
  "15.2(3a)E",
  "15.2(3m)E2",
  "15.2(3m)E3",
  "15.2(4)E",
  "15.2(4)E1",
  "15.2(4m)E1",
  "15.2(2)EB",
  "15.2(2)EB1",
  "15.2(2)EB2",
  "15.2(1)EY" );

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 );