CVE-2009-0059

high

Description

The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), Cisco Catalyst 6500 Wireless Services Module (WiSM), and Cisco Catalyst 3750 Integrated Wireless LAN Controller with software 4.x before 4.2.176.0 and 5.2.x before 5.2.157.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a web authentication (aka WebAuth) session that includes a malformed POST request to login.html.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021679

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33608

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a6c1dd.shtml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33749

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-02-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00985