Cisco Access Point Association Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Access Point. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Association Request Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-20112. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Access Point (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Association Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was shared 03/23/2023 as cisco-sa-ap-assoc-dos-D2SunWK2. It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-20112 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24291). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
03/23/2023 +147 days 🔍
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08/23/2025 +884 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-ap-assoc-dos-D2SunWK2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223699
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2023 18:05
Updated: 08/23/2025 23:24
Changes: 03/23/2023 18:05 (38), 04/13/2023 13:47 (1), 04/13/2023 13:52 (21), 08/23/2025 23:24 (16)
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