Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0 resource management

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.7$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1165. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller up to 5.0 (Wireless LAN Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory leak on the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platform 4.x before 4.2.205.0, 5.1 before 5.1.163.0, and 5.0 and 5.2 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 (memory consumption and device reload) via SSH management connections, aka Bug ID CSCsw40789.

The weakness was presented 07/29/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1165 since 03/26/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 (52025), Tenable (70123), SecurityFocus (BID 35817†), SecurityTracker (ID 1022605†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23060†). See VDB-49195, VDB-49194 and VDB-49192 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 70123
Nessus Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (cisco-sa-20090727-wlc)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller 5.1

Timelineinfo

03/26/2009 🔍
07/27/2009 +123 days 🔍
07/27/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/28/2009 +1 days 🔍
07/29/2009 +1 days 🔍
07/29/2009 +0 days 🔍
08/04/2009 +6 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2052 days 🔍
08/13/2021 +2340 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49193

IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 52025
SecurityFocus: 35817 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1022605 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH and Web Interface Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 23060 - [cisco-sa-20090727-wlc] Cisco WLC Platform Remote DoS Vulnerability via SSH Management, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-2021

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/13/2021 07:37
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (59), 02/12/2017 13:07 (14), 08/13/2021 07:37 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!