Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CAPWAP Packet memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component CAPWAP Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-6699. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (Wireless LAN Software) (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component CAPWAP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol implementation on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted CAPWAP packet that triggers a buffer over-read, aka Bug ID CSCuh81880.

The weakness was released 11/21/2013 with Cisco as Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Buffer Overread Vulnerability as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The public release was coordinated with Cisco. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6699 since 11/07/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/16/2017).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (89204), SecurityFocus (BID 63865†), OSVDB (100103†), Secunia (SA55795†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42426†). tools.cisco.com is providing further details. Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-11260. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Buffer Overread Vulnerability
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6699 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6699
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11261
X-Force: 89204
SecurityFocus: 63865 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVE-2013-6699 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 55795 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) CAPWAP Packets Processing Denial of Service Vulnerabil, Less Critical
OSVDB: 100103
Vulnerability Center: 42426 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Drivers Remote DoS via Crafted CAPWAP Packet, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2013 15:17
Updated: 05/16/2017 04:28
Changes: 11/26/2013 15:17 (65), 05/16/2017 04:28 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:45E:103

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