Cisco Aironet Access Point Authentication Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.40 % · percentile 73 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-24830
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-3559
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.9 < 8.10.112.0cpe:2.3:a:cisco:business_access_points:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 10.0 < 10.1.1.0cpe:2.3:o:cisco:access_points:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 16.12.4acpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.5\(151.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:17.2.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Aironet Access Point Software | affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |