Cisco Aironet 340-series WEP missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Aironet 340-series. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WEP Handler. This manipulation causes missing encryption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0161. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Aironet 340-series (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component WEP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco 340-series Aironet access point using firmware 11.01 does not use 6 of the 24 available IV bits for WEP encryption, which makes it easier for remote attackers to mount brute force attacks.

The weakness was released 01/01/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cs.jhu.edu. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0161 since 03/01/2001. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-16230, VDB-16232 and VDB-16233. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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03/01/2001 +59 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +4871 days 🔍
05/28/2018 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cs.jhu.edu
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16231
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 12:03
Updated: 05/28/2018 09:21
Changes: 07/02/2014 12:03 (44), 05/28/2018 09:21 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:A2A:103

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