CriticalCVECISA — Known Exploited Vulnerabilities· 19 May 2023

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

Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability

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Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and IOS XE. 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. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability facts

CVE: CVE-2016-6415
On CISA KEV since: 2023-05-19
Ransomware use: Unknown

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