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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 7.4(121.0)/8.0(0.30220.385) (Wireless LAN Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Wireless Management Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.4(121.0) and 8.0(0.30220.385) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted wireless management frames, aka Bug ID CSCun92979.

The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2016 with Cisco as CSCun92979 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1460 since 01/04/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/09/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Productinfo

Type

• Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Wireless LAN Controller

Version

• 7.4(121.0)
• 8.0(0.30220.385)

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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OpenVAS ID: 861795
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/04/2016 🔍
07/27/2016 +205 days 🔍
07/27/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/28/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/09/2022 +2234 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCun92979
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1460 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036468
SecurityFocus: 92158 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVE-2016-1460 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2016 12:41
Updated: 09/09/2022 14:40
Changes: 07/28/2016 12:41 (55), 03/11/2019 20:42 (12), 09/09/2022 14:40 (2)
Complete: 🔍

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