CVE-2020-3559

Summary

CVECVE-2020-3559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-24 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-16 15:01:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of clients that are trying to connect to the AP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests from multiple clients to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco 1111-4pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111-4pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111-8plteeawb - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111-8plteeawb - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111-8pwb - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111-8pwb - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8pmwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8pmwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1113-8pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1116-4plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1116-4plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1116-4pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1116-4pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4plteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pmlteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pmlteeawe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pmwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pmwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pwe - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1117-4pwe - All All All
Operating System Cisco Access Points All All All All
Operating System Cisco Access Points All All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1815 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1815 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1830e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1830e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1830i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1830i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1850e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1850e - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1850i - All All All
Hardware Cisco Aironet 1850i - All All All
Application Cisco Aironet Access Point Software 17.2.0.26 All All All
Application Cisco Aironet Access Point Software 8.5\(151.0\) All All All
Application Cisco Aironet Access Point Software 17.2.0.26 All All All
Application Cisco Aironet Access Point Software 8.5\(151.0\) All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 140ac - All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 140ac - All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 145ac - All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 145ac - All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 240ac - All All All
Hardware Cisco Business 240ac - All All All
Application Cisco Business Access Points All All All All
Application Cisco Business Access Points All All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-cl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-cl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-f - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-f - All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller All All All All
Operating System Cisco Wireless Lan Controller All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Aironet Access Point Authentication Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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