Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 4.1 login.html input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 4.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file login.html. This manipulation causes input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0059. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 4.1 (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file login.html. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), Cisco Catalyst 6500 Wireless Services Module (WiSM), and Cisco Catalyst 3750 Integrated Wireless LAN Controller with software 4.x before 4.2.176.0 and 5.2.x before 5.2.157.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a web authentication (aka WebAuth) session that includes a malformed POST request to login.html.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2009. The weakness was shared 02/04/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0059 since 01/07/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:login.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48478), SecurityFocus (BID 33608†), OSVDB (52373†), Secunia (SA33749†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021679†). The entries VDB-46311, VDB-46310 and VDB-46308 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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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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Upgrade: Wireless LAN Controller 4.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46309
X-Force: 48478
SecurityFocus: 33608 - Multiple Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33749
OSVDB: 52373 - Multiple Cisco products login.html denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021679
Vulnerability Center: 20763 - [cisco-sa-20090204-wlc] Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Crash Handling Invalid Post for WebAuth, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/26/2019 17:24
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/26/2019 17:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:203:103

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