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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-1428: Cisco IOS XE Software SNMP Subsystem Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-1428: Cisco IOS XE Software SNMP Subsystem Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/23/2016
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
11/13/2023

Description

Double free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 3.15S, 3.16S, and 3.17S allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a sequence of crafted SNMP read requests, aka Bug ID CSCux13174.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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