Cisco Access Point Software Association Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2023-20112

What is CVE-2023-20112?

A vulnerability in the Cisco Access Point software allows unauthenticated adjacent attackers to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This issue arises from inadequate validation of certain parameters within 802.11 association request frames. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted wireless 802.11 association request to the affected device, potentially leading to an unexpected reload and subsequent DoS condition. For more details, refer to the Cisco Security Advisory.

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