Cisco IOS XE Software Wireless Controller for the Catalyst 9000 Family CAPWAP Mobility DoS (cisco-sa-c9800-mob-dos-342YAc6J)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166052

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

A vulnerability in the processing of Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Mobility messages in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error and improper management of resources related to the handling of CAPWAP Mobility messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted CAPWAP Mobility packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources on the affected device. This would cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

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 CSCwa92678

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166052

File Name: cisco-sa-c9800-mob-dos-342YAc6J-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/12/2022

Updated: 10/13/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20856

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version, Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20856

CWE: 664

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-c9800-mob-dos-342YAc6J

IAVA: 2022-A-0390

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwa92678

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