CVE-2016-1353

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The TCP implementation in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming (VDS-IS) 3.3(0), 3.3(1), 4.0(0), and 4.1(0) does not properly initiate new TCP sessions when a previous session is in a FIN wait state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP outage) via vectors involving FIN packets, aka Bug ID CSCuy45136.

Affected products

Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite For Internet Streaming: 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 4.0.0, 4.1.0

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160226-vds-is
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035123
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160226-vds-is
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035123

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