CVE-2016-6401 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) versions 5.1 and 5.1.4, specifically impacting CRS-1 and CRS-3 devices. An attacker can trigger a line-card reload by sending crafted IPv6-over-MPLS packets. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating an adjacent network attack vector with high impact on availability, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:carrier_routing_system:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:carrier_routing_system:5.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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