CVE-2016-6380

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    CVE-2016-6380

    Published: 5 Oct 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The DNS forwarder in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.1 through 3.15 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (data corruption or device reload) via a crafted DNS response, aka Bug ID CSCup90532.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93201, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914, , http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-dns, https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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