Cisco Wireless LAN Controller prior 8.0.140.0/8.2.121.0/8.3.102.0 IAPP Packet resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IAPP Packet Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-6375. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (Wireless LAN Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component IAPP Packet Handler. 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:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending crafted Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) packets and then sending a traffic stream metrics (TSM) information request over SNMP, aka Bug ID CSCuz40221.

The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2016 as CSCuz40221 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-6375. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94108 (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.

Upgrading to version 8.0.140.0, 8.2.121.0 or 8.3.102.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (94108). The entry VDB-91038 is pretty similar. 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 94108
Nessus Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 881209
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller TSM SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireless LAN Controller 8.0.140.0/8.2.121.0/8.3.102.0

Timelineinfo

07/26/2016 🔍
09/11/2016 +47 days 🔍
09/12/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/15/2022 +2194 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuz40221
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6375 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91492
SecurityFocus: 92712
SecurityTracker: 1036721

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2016 17:52
Updated: 09/15/2022 18:07
Changes: 09/12/2016 17:52 (41), 01/01/2019 12:40 (17), 09/15/2022 17:59 (4), 09/15/2022 18:07 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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