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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6421

Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.60%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Cisco IOS XR 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via a crafted OSPF Link State Advertisement (LSA) update, aka Bug ID CSCvb05643.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
1.60% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
cisco/ios xr
Source
psirt@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.