What is CVE-2016-6466?

CVE-2016-6466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_series_software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-6466?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_series_software

CVE-2016-6466

A vulnerability in the IPsec component of StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to terminate all active IPsec VPN tunnels and prevent new tunnels from establishing, resulting in a denial o…

EPSS: 0.008 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Asr_5000_series_software — versions 20.0.0, 20.0.2.3, 20.0.2.v1
Cisco Virtualized_packet_core — versions 20.0_base
N/a Cisco Staros 20.0.0 Through 21.0.m0.64246 — versions Cisco StarOS 20.0.0 through 21.0.M0.64246

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
1037308 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
94361 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6466?: CVE-2016-6466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_series_software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-6466?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.