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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
NVD MITRE
8.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 31.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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

wireless lan controllerciscoNetworking Infrastructure
business access pointsciscoNetworking Infrastructure
access pointsciscoNetworking Infrastructure
aironet access point softwareciscoNetworking Infrastructure
Cisco Aironet Access Point SoftwareCiscoNetworking 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-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

Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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