CVE-2016-6467 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Switches, specifically within the IPv6 packet fragment reassembly of StarOS. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause an unexpected reload of the Network Processing Unit (NPU) process. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:21.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.0.m0.64702CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:21.0.m0.64702:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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