Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0 Administrative Web Interface resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Administrative Web Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-1164. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0 (Wireless LAN Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Administrative Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The administrative web interface on the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platform 4.2 before 4.2.205.0 and 5.x before 5.2.178.0, as used in Cisco 1500 Series, 2000 Series, 2100 Series, 4100 Series, 4200 Series, and 4400 Series Wireless Services Modules (WiSM), WLC Modules for Integrated Services Routers, and Catalyst 3750G Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed response to a (1) HTTP or (2) HTTPS authentication request, aka Bug ID CSCsx03715.

The weakness was disclosed 07/29/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1164 since 03/26/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70123 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (cisco-sa-20090727-wlc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52026), Tenable (70123), SecurityFocus (BID 35805†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23059†). The entries VDB-49195, VDB-49194 and VDB-49193 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 70123
Nessus Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (cisco-sa-20090727-wlc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller 5.1
Suricata ID: 2010674
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03/26/2009 🔍
07/26/2009 +122 days 🔍
07/27/2009 +1 days 🔍
07/29/2009 +2 days 🔍
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08/04/2009 +6 days 🔍
09/25/2013 +1513 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +539 days 🔍
08/13/2021 +2340 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-1164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49192

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X-Force: 52026
SecurityFocus: 35805 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller HTTP Authorization Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23059 - [cisco-sa-20090727-wlc] Cisco WLC Platform HTTP Authorization Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-2021

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/13/2021 07:31
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/12/2017 13:07 (13), 08/13/2021 07:31 (3)
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