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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/65150?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-gsqh-jcac-dfb8",
    "summary": "The server IKEv1 implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6, IOS XE through 3.18S, IOS XR 4.3.x and 5.0.x through 5.2.x, and PIX before 7.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from device memory via a Security Association (SA) negotiation request, aka Bug IDs CSCvb29204 and CSCvb36055 or BENIGNCERTAIN.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2016-6415"
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            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93003"
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            "reference_url": "http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1",
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            "url": "http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1"
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            "reference_url": "https://github.com/nixawk/labs/tree/5fde02dfdf148580b4c580ac47daeef485b3c600/CVE-2016-6415",
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            "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/43383.py",
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        {
            "date_added": null,
            "description": "A vulnerability in Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) packet\n          processing code in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, and Cisco IOS XR Software\n          could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve memory\n          contents, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information.\n\n          The vulnerability is due to insufficient condition checks in the part\n          of the code that handles IKEv1 security negotiation requests.\n          An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IKEv1\n          packet to an affected device configured to accept IKEv1 security\n          negotiation requests. A successful exploit could allow the attacker\n          to retrieve memory contents, which could lead to the disclosure of\n          confidential information.",
            "required_action": null,
            "due_date": null,
            "notes": "AKA:\n  - BENIGNCERTAIN\nStability:\n  - unknown-stability\nReliability:\n  - unknown-reliability\nSideEffects:\n  - unknown-side-effects\n",
            "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false,
            "source_date_published": "2016-09-29",
            "exploit_type": null,
            "platform": "",
            "source_date_updated": null,
            "data_source": "Metasploit",
            "source_url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ike/cisco_ike_benigncertain.rb"
        },
        {
            "date_added": "2023-05-19",
            "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.",
            "required_action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
            "due_date": "2023-06-09",
            "notes": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160916-ikev1; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6415",
            "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false,
            "source_date_published": null,
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            "platform": null,
            "source_date_updated": null,
            "data_source": "KEV",
            "source_url": null
        },
        {
            "date_added": "2017-12-21",
            "description": "Cisco IOS 12.2 < 12.4 / 15.0 < 15.6 - Security Association Negotiation Request Device Memory",
            "required_action": null,
            "due_date": null,
            "notes": null,
            "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false,
            "source_date_published": "2017-03-17",
            "exploit_type": "remote",
            "platform": "hardware",
            "source_date_updated": "2017-12-21",
            "data_source": "Exploit-DB",
            "source_url": "https://github.com/nixawk/labs/tree/5fde02dfdf148580b4c580ac47daeef485b3c600/CVE-2016-6415"
        }
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    "severity_range_score": "7.5 - 7.5",
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-gsqh-jcac-dfb8"
}