Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1347 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Cisco IOS

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
cisco
CWE-399
nessus

Summary

The Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Express implementation in Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted TCP segment, aka Bug ID CSCuq59708.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20160323-L4F.NASL
descriptionThe version of Cisco IOS running on the remote device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Express feature due to improper validation of TCP segments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted TCP segment, to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service condition.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
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published2016-09-16
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titleCisco IOS Software Wide Area Application Services Express DoS