Cisco Wireless LAN Controller malformed memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument malformed leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-3474. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (Wireless LAN Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument malformed with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Web Administrator Interface on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by leveraging membership in the Full Manager managers group, Read Only managers group, or Lobby Ambassador managers group, and sending a request that (1) lacks a parameter value or (2) contains a malformed parameter value, aka Bug IDs CSCuh14313, CSCuh14159, CSCuh14368, and CSCuh14436.

The weakness was published 08/30/2013 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-3474 since 05/06/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38637 (Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Multiple Parameter Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86811), SecurityFocus (BID 62084†) and OSVDB (96763†). Similar entry is available at VDB-11209. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Unproven

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08/30/2013 +116 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +571 days 🔍
01/07/2022 +2481 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: tools.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-3474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64820
X-Force: 86811 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller interface denial of service
SecurityFocus: 62084
OSVDB: 96763
SecurityTracker: 1028970

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/07/2022 09:59
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (51), 03/01/2018 08:00 (6), 01/07/2022 09:59 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:976:103

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