Cisco Wireless LAN Controller prior 4.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4012. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (Wireless LAN Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco 4100 and 4400, Airespace 4000, and Catalyst 6500 and 3750 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) software 4.1 before 4.1.180.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ARP storm) via a broadcast ARP packet that "targets the IP address of a known client context", aka CSCsj50374.

The bug was discovered 07/24/2007. The weakness was presented 07/25/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4012 since 07/25/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44591), SecurityFocus (BID 25043†), OSVDB (36661†), Secunia (SA26161†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018444†). See VDB-38012 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireless LAN Controller 4.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38013
X-Force: 44591
SecurityFocus: 25043 - Cisco Wireless LAN Control ARP Storm Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26161
OSVDB: 36661 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller broadcast ARP packet denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1018444
Vulnerability Center: 15714 - [cisco-sa-20070724-arp] Wireless LAN Controller Vulnerability Allows DoS via Broadcast ARP Packet, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2636

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 16:45
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (67), 07/22/2019 16:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:9C7:103

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