Cisco IOS Software DNS Forwarder Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160928-dns)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108956

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the IOS is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCup90532.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108956

File Name: cisco-sa-20160928-dns-ios.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/10/2018

Updated: 4/12/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6380

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6380

BID: 93201

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20160928-dns

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCup90532

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