Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CAPWAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2020-3262

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Aironet Access Point Software
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 April 2020

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol handler of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Aironet Access Point Software

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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