CVE-2009-2976

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2976
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-27 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point (AP) devices send the contents of certain multicast data frames in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to discover Wireless LAN Controller MAC addresses and IP addresses, and AP configuration details, by sniffing the wireless network.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Aironet Ap1100 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet Ap1200 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AirMagnet - Page Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.airmagnet.com
AirMagnet Identifies New Vulnerability and Potential Exploit Associated With Cisco WLAN Access Points af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.airmagnet.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Cisco Access Points Disclose Potentially Sensitive Information and May Let Remote Users Hijack APs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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