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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller AireOS Software FIPS Mode DoS (cisco-sa-wlc-dos-mKGRrsCB)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 165695

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) is affected by a denial of service (Dos) vulnerability. An unauthenticated, network-adjacent attacker can send specially crafted packets to an affected device causing it to crash.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwa40778

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?097704a1

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwa40778

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 165695

File Name: cisco-sa-wlc-dos-mKGRrsCB.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/5/2022

Updated: 12/2/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20769

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/WLC/Version, Host/Cisco/WLC/Port

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20769

CWE: 787

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-wlc-dos-mKGRrsCB

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwa40778