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CVE-2019-15264

Cisco Aironet Access Points and Catalyst 9100 Access Points CAPWAP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: Oct 16, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol implementation of Cisco Aironet and Catalyst 9100 Access Points (APs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper resource management during CAPWAP message processing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high volume of legitimate wireless management frames within a short time to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a device to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition for clients associated with the AP.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

aironet 1540 firmwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
aironet 1560 firmwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
aironet 1850 firmwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
aironet 2800 firmwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
aironet 3800 firmwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191016-airo-capwap-dos
tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 16, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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