CVE-2016-6415—Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vulnerability Name

Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE IKEv1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description

Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE contain insufficient condition checks in the part of the code that handles Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) security negotiation requests. contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) that could allow an attacker to retrieve memory contents. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to retrieve memory contents, which can lead to information disclosure.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Ransomware Status:

Unknown

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6415

Related Weaknesses

• CWE-200