CVE-2016-1426 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS XR versions 5.x through 5.2.5 on NCS 6000 devices. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending crafted SSH traffic, leading to timer consumption and a Route Processor reload. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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