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CVE-2020-3559

Cisco Aironet Access Point Authentication Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: Sep 24, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
8.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of clients that are trying to connect to the AP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests from multiple clients to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka cisco, cisco systems
Wireless LAN controller
Networking Infrastructure
business access points
Networking Infrastructure
access points
Networking Infrastructure
aironet access point software
Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Aironet Access Point Software
Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Access Points
Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Business Access Points
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aironet-dos-h3DCuLXw
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aironet-dos-h3DCuLXw
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3559
nvd.nist.gov

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