Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 7.4(121.0)/8.0(0.30220.385) Wireless Management Frame resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 7.4(121.0)/8.0(0.30220.385). The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Wireless Management Frame Handler. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-1460. The attacker must have access to the local network to execute the attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 7.4(121.0)/8.0(0.30220.385) (Wireless LAN Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Wireless Management Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.4(121.0) and 8.0(0.30220.385) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted wireless management frames, aka Bug ID CSCun92979.

The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2016 with Cisco as CSCun92979 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1460 since 01/04/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92158†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 861795
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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01/04/2016 🔍
07/27/2016 +205 days 🔍
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07/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
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09/09/2022 +2234 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCun92979
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90372
SecurityFocus: 92158 - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CVE-2016-1460 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036468

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2016 12:41
Updated: 09/09/2022 14:40
Changes: 07/28/2016 12:41 (55), 03/11/2019 20:42 (12), 09/09/2022 14:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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