Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 4.1 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 4.1 (Wireless LAN Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), Cisco Catalyst 6500 Wireless Services Module (WiSM), and Cisco Catalyst 3750 Integrated Wireless LAN Controller with software 4.x before 4.2.176.0 and 5.x before 5.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web authentication outage or device reload) via unspecified network traffic, as demonstrated by a vulnerability scanner.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2009. The weakness was presented 02/04/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0058 since 01/07/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (48477). See 46311, 46310 and 46309 for similar entries.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireless LAN Controller 4.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0058 (🔍)
X-Force: 48477
SecurityTracker: 1021679
Vulnerability Center: 20762 - [cisco-sa-20090204-wlc] Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Web Authentication Outage or Device Reload, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33608 - Multiple Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33749
OSVDB: 52372 - Multiple Cisco products Web authentication denial of service

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/26/2019 17:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (66), 08/26/2019 17:21 (3)
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