What is CVE-2016-6401?

CVE-2016-6401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Carrier_routing_system, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-6401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Carrier_routing_system

CVE-2016-6401

Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) 5.1 and 5.1.4, as used in CRS Carrier Grade Services for CRS-1 and CRS-3 devices, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (line-card reload) via crafted IPv6-over-MPLS packets, aka Bug ID CSC…

EPSS: 0.003 (52.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Carrier_routing_system — versions 5.1.4, 5.1_base
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

20160914 Cisco Carrier Routing System IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
1036830 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
92964 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6401?: CVE-2016-6401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Carrier_routing_system, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-6401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.