Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 8.0.x Bonjour input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 8.0.x. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Bonjour Handler. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-1364. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller up to 8.0.x (Wireless LAN Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Bonjour Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software 7.4 before 7.4.130.0(MD) and 7.5, 7.6, and 8.0 before 8.0.110.0(ED) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted Bonjour traffic, aka Bug ID CSCur66908.

The weakness was presented 04/21/2016 as CSCur66908 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1364 since 01/03/2016. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90893 (Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38642 (Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160420-bdos)).

Upgrading to version 7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90893) and SecurityFocus (BID 86761†). See VDB-82731 and VDB-82732 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 90893
Nessus Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803167
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireless LAN Controller 7.4

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04/20/2016 +107 days 🔍
04/21/2016 +1 days 🔍
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04/22/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/04/2016 +11 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCur66908
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1364 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1364
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82733
SecurityFocus: 86761
SecurityTracker: 1035632

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/22/2016 09:31
Updated: 10/15/2024 02:04
Changes: 04/22/2016 09:31 (60), 10/19/2018 08:14 (14), 07/26/2022 13:27 (4), 10/15/2024 02:04 (16)
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