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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106341 |
Category: | CISCO |
Title: | Cisco ASA Software DHCP Relay Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20161005-asa-dhcp) |
Summary: | A vulnerability in the DHCP Relay feature of Cisco ASA Software; could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by; causing an interface wedge. |
Description: | Summary: A vulnerability in the DHCP Relay feature of Cisco ASA Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by causing an interface wedge. Vulnerability Insight: The vulnerability is due to improper handling of resources linked with the DHCP Relay feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending DHCP packets at specific rates. Vulnerability Impact: An exploit could allow an attacker to cause an interface to become wedged, and stop processing incoming traffic. Once this state is reached, restoration of service can only be achieved by reloading the device. Solution: See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution. CVSS Score: 6.1 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6424 BugTraq ID: 93408 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93408 Cisco Security Advisory: 20161005 Cisco ASA Software DHCP Relay Denial of Service Vulnerability http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-asa-dhcp http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036961 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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