High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6380

Description

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-dnsnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93201nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036914nvd
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-287-04nvd

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